期刊
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
卷 331, 期 1, 页码 351-356出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.03.170
关键词
fluorescence; homocysteine; methyltransferases; SAH hydrolase; S-adenosylmethionine; S-adenosylhomocysteine; catechol-O-methyltransferase
资金
- NCI NIH HHS [R01 CA112427] Funding Source: Medline
We have developed a simple and sensitive fluorescence-based two-step coupled enzyme assay to report the activity of S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferases. This assay relies on a fluorescein-cystamine-methyl red (FL-S-S-MR) reporter molecule that can be activated by thiols. In the absence of thiols, fluorescence from the reporter is quenched through fluorescence resonance energy transfer between the two chromophores. In this report, we use catechol-O-methyltransferase with the addition of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase to produce the thiol homocysteine. The presence of homocysteine leads to disulfide bond cleavage in the cystamine tether and fluorescence dequenching as the uncoupled chromophores are diluted into the surrounding media. The sensitivity and specificity of FL-S-S-MR to thiols enabled detection of <= 1 mu M concentrations of homocysteine, suggesting that this assay is sensitive enough to detect biologically relevant amounts of homocysteine. We believe that this fluorescence reporter approach may be generalizable to all enzymatic or chemical assays that produce thiols. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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