申请人:Abbott Laboratories
公开号:US05843634A1
公开(公告)日:1998-12-01
This invention relates to genetically engineered enzymes, their ligand conjugates, their manufacture, and their use in qualitative or quantitative assays. A hybrid enzyme, such as an AP-epitope, has a foreign amino acid moiety (an epitope) inserted near the active site of the starting AP enzyme. The foreign amino acid moiety binds with an analyte, and, as a consequence of this binding, the enzymatic activity of the hybrid enzyme, AP-epitope, is modified. The changes in the enzymatic activity are dependent upon the presence, or the amount, of the analyte. In another embodiment, the hybrid enzyme consists of a cysteine introduced near the active site of an AP to give a hybrid enzyme. The cysteine on the hybrid enzyme serves as a point of conjugation of a ligand, such as theophylline, ferritin, thyroxine, or digoxigenin, to form the hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate. The ligand binds with an antibody, an analyte or a binding molecule to an analyte and as a result of this binding, the enzymatic activity of the hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate is modified or modulated.
本发明涉及基因工程酶、它们的配体共轭物、它们的制造以及它们在定性或定量分析中的应用。一种混合酶,例如AP-表位,将一个外来氨基酸基团(表位)插入到起始AP酶的活性位点附近。外来氨基酸基团与分析物结合,由于这种结合,混合酶AP-表位的酶活性被修改。酶活性的变化取决于分析物的存在或数量。在另一种实施方式中,混合酶包含在AP的活性位点附近引入一个半胱氨酸以形成混合酶。混合酶上的半胱氨酸用作配体的共轭点,例如茶碱、铁蛋白、甲状腺素或地高辛,以形成混合酶-配体共轭物。配体与抗体、分析物或分析物的结合分子结合,由于这种结合,混合酶-配体共轭物的酶活性被修改或调节。