... (Stratagene, La Jolla, CA,USA). The primers used were: 5¢-TATATCATTCAGGATTATTTGTATCTTTTAGAATACGCTAAGGTG-3¢ (forward, the mutagenesis codon underlined) and 5¢-TTAGCGTATTCTAAAAGATACAAATAATCCTGAATGATATAAAAAC-3¢ ... reaction was monitored by monitoring the decrease in A 340as a result of the enzymatic con-sumption of NADPH. The HP1287 enzyme concentrationwas calculated by measuring A 280and applying the theoretical ... bymonitoring the release of ammonia through the glutamatedehydrogenase assay [24]. Recombinant HP1287 with a concentration of 2.4 lm, was added to a mixture of 5 units of glutamate dehydrogenase,...