Methods and kits for quantifying adenosine-containing molecules

    公开(公告)号:US12018299B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-25

    申请号:US16956435

    申请日:2018-12-20

    申请人: SEVIVO LLC

    发明人: Donald R. Ronning

    IPC分类号: C12N9/24 C12Q1/34 C12Q1/48

    摘要: Methods and kits for quantifying adenosine-containing molecules within an aqueous composition. Particularly, the methods utilize a competitive fluorescence-polarization and FRET-based assays that directly measure the production of adenosine-containing compounds, particularly S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) compounds produced by MTases. The generation of AdoHcy can be quantified by displacing a novel fluorescent probe comprising a 5-carboxytetramethylrhodamine fluorophore covalently bound to an adenosine scaffold from a catalytically inert 5′-methylthioadenosine nucleosidase (MTAN) variant. One or more of the reaction materials can be pre-loaded into wells within multi-well reaction plates as a kit, which can be used to determine the enzymatic activity of MTases or conduct drug screening for potential inhibitors in a high-throughput format. Additionally, the developed assay is applicable to S-adenosyl methionine-dependent and adenosine triphosphate-dependent enzymes by detecting adenosine and various adenosine-containing molecules including 5′-methylthioadenosine, adenosine monophosphate and adenosine diphosphate produced during the course of a chemical reaction.

    CHIMERIC DNA POLYMERASE AND APPLICATION THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20240200040A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-20

    申请号:US17787955

    申请日:2019-12-23

    申请人: BGI SHENZHEN

    IPC分类号: C12N9/12 C12P19/34 C12Q1/48

    摘要: A chimeric DNA polymerase includes: a first fragment having at least 80% homology to at least part of an N-end domain of KOD DNA polymerase; a second fragment having at least 80% homology to at least part of an exonucleolytic domain of Pab DNA polymerase; a third fragment having at least 80% homology to at least part of the N-end domain of KOD DNA polymerase; a fourth fragment having at least 80% homology to at least part of a palm domain of Pfu DNA polymerase; a fifth fragment having at least 80% homology to at least part of a finger domain of Pab DNA polymerase; a sixth fragment having at least 80% homology to at least part of the palm domain of Pfu DNA polymerase; and a seventh fragment having at least 80% homology to at least part of a thumb domain of KOD DNA polymerase.