Skip to Content
Merck
All Photos(7)

Key Documents

SRE0103

Sigma-Aldrich

MS β-Glucuronidase

Prebuffered, automation-ready hydrolysis mix

Synonym(s):

GUS, MS beta-Glu, beta-Gluc, bgluc

Sign Into View Organizational & Contract Pricing


About This Item

UNSPSC Code:
12352204
NACRES:
NA.54

Quality Level

form

ready-to-use solution

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

2-8°C

General description

  • Protocol: MS β-Glucuronidase Quick Start Guide
  • MS β-Glucuronidase is a stable recombinant β-Glucuronidase mix for robust urine drug testing. Hydrolysis is completed at room-temperature or in your autosampler in a single-step . The stability and low-temperature compatibility allows an analyst to use MS β-Gluc as a bench-top reagent. Reliable hydrolysis over days on the bench means less hands-on time, less frequent reagent prep, and more automation. It has been verified against a broad spectrum of conjugated analytes, including “hard to cleave” glucuronides, particularly opiates and opioids. MS β-Gluc eliminates sample preparation bottlenecks while enabling fully automated hydrolysis and reproducible analytical results.

Application

  • Urine sample preparation in Forensic and Clinical toxicology laboratories
  • Enzymatic hydrolysis of drug glucuronide conjugates for urine drug testing by LC/MS
  • Forensic drug testing, workplace and prescription drug monitoring, antidoping, SAMHSA
  • Compatible with wide range of glucuronide drug conjugates, including but not limited to opioids, opiates, benzodiazepines and cannabinoids and hormones.

Features and Benefits

  • Opened bottle retains 97% activity at 25°C after 2 months.
  • Stable on the bench in MasterMix (with methanol): Retains 99% activity for a week.
  • Pre-buffered for use with human urine with volatile buffer ammonium acetate for LC-MS.
  • Single-step hydrolysis at room-temperature or within autosampler (20-40°C).
  • Verified with real human urine samples, not synthetic.
  • “Walk-away” workflow.
  • Automation compatibility (oven and centrifuge not required).
  • Purified recombinant enzyme

Preparation Note

For Opiates, Opioids and Broad-spectrum drug hydrolysis use 80 to 160 μL of MS ß-Glucuronidase per reaction for a 200 μL reaction in urine, so 6-12 samples can be hydrolyzed per mL of MS beta-Gluc depending on reaction temperature.

Dilute-and-shoot
workflows: add MS β-glucuronidase formula and internal standards in methanol to urine and immediately transfer to autosampler at 40°C. After 16min switch temperature to 4°C. Hydrolyzed samples are ready for injection.

Workflows with extraction or filtration step: add MS β-glucuronidase formula and internal standards in methanol to urine. Incubate 30 min at room-temperature. Proceed with extraction or filtration.

Storage and Stability

  • Long term Storage: 24 months at 2 - 8 °C.
  • Ambient for 2 months.
  • Ambient for 1 week in Master Mix (11% methanol).

Storage Class Code

12 - Non Combustible Liquids

WGK

nwg

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Search for Certificates of Analysis (COA) by entering the products Lot/Batch Number. Lot and Batch Numbers can be found on a product’s label following the words ‘Lot’ or ‘Batch’.

Already Own This Product?

Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.

Visit the Document Library

Articles

β-glucuronidase (GUS) enzymes are utilized to hydrolyze glucuronide (gluc) drug metabolites to the parent drug, facilitating analysis by LC-MS/MS.

Protocols

MS β-glucuronidase urinalysis workflow overview, features and benefits, and quick start guide video for your drug testing application needs.

Our team of scientists has experience in all areas of research including Life Science, Material Science, Chemical Synthesis, Chromatography, Analytical and many others.

Contact Technical Service