ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPRISING A FUNCTIONAL DYE AND ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGY AND METHODS
申请人:MAO FEI
公开号:US20120115129A1
公开(公告)日:2012-05-10
Enzyme substrates and associated technology of the present invention are provided. An enzyme substrate of the invention may comprise a biologically functional fluorescent dye and an enzyme-specific substrate moiety attached in such a way that the functionality of the functional dye is diminished. An enzymatic reaction may cleave at least a portion of the substrate moiety from the enzyme substrate to provide a more functional product dye. This product dye may be nonfluorescent or weakly fluorescent, in general, and relatively fluorescent, in a particular condition, such as when bound to a partner biological molecule or an assembly of partner biological molecules. An enzyme substrate of the present invention may thus be useful in fluorescence detection, and/or in any of a variety of useful applications, such as the detection of enzymatic activity in a cell-free system or in a living cell, the screening of drugs, or the diagnosis of disease.
本发明提供了酶底物及其相关技术。本发明的酶底物可以包括生物学功能荧光染料和酶特异性底物基团,以一种降低功能染料功能的方式连接。酶催化反应可以从酶底物中至少裂解一部分底物基团,以提供更具功能的产物染料。这种产物染料通常是非荧光或弱荧光的,在特定条件下,如与伴侣生物分子或伴侣生物分子组装结合时,相对荧光。因此,本发明的酶底物可以用于荧光检测,以及各种有用的应用,如在无细胞体系或活细胞中检测酶活性,筛选药物或诊断疾病。