Fructose-6-Phosphate Assay Kit (ab204720) is a fluorescence based simple, highly sensitive and rapid means of quantifying fructose-6-phosphate (F6P) in a variety of samples. In the assay, F6P is converted to glucose-6-phosphate (G6P) which is subsequently oxidized with the generation of a fluorescent product. This assay kit can detect F6P in the range of 0.01 to 0.5 nmoles with detection sensitivity ∼ 1 μM of F6P.
This product is manufactured by BioVision, an Abcam company and was previously called K689 PicoProbe™ Fructose-6-Phosphate Fluorometric Assay Kit. K689-100 is the same size as the 100 test size of ab204720.
Fructose-6-phosphate (F6P) is an important intermediate in the glycolytic pathway which leads from glucose to pyruvate. It is formed from glucose-6-phosphate and is further phosphorylated to fructose-1,6-diphosphate which is subsequently cleaved to glyceraldehyde phosphate and dihydroxyacetone phosphate. The transformation of glucose-6-phosphate is controlled by phosphoglucose isomerase, a very interesting enzyme in that it possesses multiple functions, as an isomerase, a neuroleukin, an autocrine motility factor and a differentiation and maturation mediator.
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