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A time-resolved luminescence biosensor assay for anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) activity.

ABSTRACT: A novel time-resolved luminescence biosensor assay for anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) was developed. We used a straightforward strategy to modify a known ALK substrate into a peptide biosensor that can accommodate terbium luminescence sensitization upon its phosphorylation by ALK. Since this strategy is generalizable, this high-throughput screening compatible assay serves as an example for development of other kinase assays that employ terbium luminescence as a read-out.

SUBMITTER: Cui W

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4288484 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A time-resolved luminescence biosensor assay for anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) activity.

Cui Wei W Cui Wei W Parker Laurie L LL

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20141118 2

A novel time-resolved luminescence biosensor assay for anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) was developed. We used a straightforward strategy to modify a known ALK substrate into a peptide biosensor that can accommodate terbium luminescence sensitization upon its phosphorylation by ALK. Since this strategy is generalizable, this high-throughput screening compatible assay serves as an example for development of other kinase assays that employ terbium luminescence as a read-out. ...[more]

PMID: 25406835

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