The sensitivity enhancement provided by dissolution dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) enables following metabolic processes in real time by NMR and MRI. The characteristics and performances of a dedicated dissolution DNP setup designed for study enzymatic reactions are discussed.
Balzan, R., Fernandes, L., Comment, A., Pidial, L., Tavitian, B., Vasos, P. R. Dissolution Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Instrumentation for Real-time Enzymatic Reaction Rate Measurements by NMR. J. Vis. Exp. (108), e53548, doi:10.3791/53548 (2016).