Hydrochloric Acid → Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide biotin

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A 16 mg quantity of biotin was suspended in 1 ml of water containing 22 mg of nicotinamide 6-(2-aminoethylamino) purine dinucleotide prepared as in Example 1. A few drops of 0.1 N sodium hydroxide was added to aid dissolution of the biotin. A 240 mg quantity of 1-cyclohexyl-3-(2-morpholinoethyl)-carbodiimide metho-p-toluene sulfonate was added to the resulting solution and brought into solution by dropwise addition of 0.1 N hydrochloric acid. The reaction mixture was allowed to incubate at room temperature for 5 hours and was then poured into 10 ml of acetone at -10° C. The oil which formed was separated, washed twice with from 5 to 10 ml of ether and dissolved in from 1 to 2 ml of water. The resulting material was purified by electrophoresis on paper as in Example 1. Two fluorescent bands appeared after spraying with sodium cyanide, one having migrated toward the cathode and the other toward the anode. The latter band, which contained the NAD-biotin conjugate, was eluted with water and stored at -20° C.

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