A FRET-Based Assay Platform for Ultra-High Density Drug Screening of Protein Kinases and Phosphatases
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- 1 November 2002
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in ASSAY and Drug Development Technologies
- Vol. 1 (1) , 9-19
Abstract
Protein phosphorylation is one of the major regulatory mechanisms involved in signal-induced cellular events, including cell proliferation, apoptosis, and metabolism. Because many facets of biology are regulated by protein phosphorylation, aberrant kinase and/or phosphatase activity forms the basis for many different types of pathology. The disease relevance of protein kinases and phosphatases has led many pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to expend significant resources in lead discovery programs for these two target classes. The existence of >500 kinases and phosphatases encoded by the human genome necessitates development of methodologies for the rapid screening for novel and specific compound inhibitors. We describe here a fluorescence-based, molecular assay platform that is compatible with robotic, ultra-high throughput screening systems and can be applied to virtually all tyrosine and serine/threonine protein kinases and phosphatases. The assay has a coupled-enzyme format, utilizing the differential protease sensitivity of phosphorylated versus nonphosphorylated peptide substrates. In addition to screening individual kinases, the assay can be formatted such that kinase pathways are re-created in vitro to identify compounds that specifically interact with inactive kinases. Miniaturization of this assay format to the 1-microl scale allows for the rapid and accurate compound screening of a host of kinase and phosphatase targets, thereby facilitating the hunt for new leads for these target classes.Keywords
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