Akita Shoji, Umezawa Naoki, Higuchi Tsunehiko
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1 Tanabe-dori, Nagoya, Japan.
Org Lett. 2005 Dec 8;7(25):5565-8. doi: 10.1021/ol052125k.
[chemical reaction: see text]. A novel fluorescence-based assay for serine/threonine kinases is described. Base-mediated beta-elimination of the phosphate moiety and the Michael addition of a thiol-containing fluorescent molecule allows convenient and efficient detection of the enzyme activity. This approach may be broadly applicable to various serine/threonine kinases.