Small-molecule FRET probes for protein kinase activity monitoring in living cells
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu (Estonia)
- Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Neuroscience and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland (United Kingdom)
In this study, the applicability of fluorescently labeled adenosine analogue-oligoarginine conjugates (ARC-Photo probes) for monitoring of protein kinase A (PKA) activity in living cells was demonstrated. ARC-Photo probes possessing subnanomolar affinity towards the catalytic subunit of PKA (PKAc) and competitive with the regulatory subunit (PKAr), penetrate cell plasma membrane and associate with PKAc fused with yellow fluorescent protein (PKAc-YFP). Detection of inter-molecular Foerster resonance energy transfer (FRET) efficiency between the fluorophores of the fusion protein and ARC-Photo probe can be used for both the evaluation of non-labeled inhibitors of PKAc and for monitoring of cAMP signaling via detection of changes in the activity of PKA as a cAMP downstream effector.
- OSTI ID:
- 22202689
- Journal Information:
- Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol. 397, Issue 4; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0006-291X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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