A method for concentration of nucleoside triphosphates by coprecipitation with calcium fluoride.

A method for concentration of nucleoside triphosphates (NTP) is described. NTPs are quantitatively coprecipitated from the solution with calcium fluoride. The precipitate is separated by filtration through a membrane filter and NTPs are dissolved from the filter by immersing it in 0.5 N H2SO4. With this method also nucleoside diphosphates can be efficiently concentrated, but the method does not work with nucleoside monophosphates or cyclic AMP.