Abstract
Biochemical fluorogenic and chromogenic assays facilitate real-time study of enzyme function. Based on the principle of enzymatic inhibition, these kinetic assays can be adapted to measure the function of serpins. Compared to traditional, electrophoretic study of serpin inhibitory complex formation, kinetic assays allow for finer temporal resolution as well as more quantitative comparisons between different conditions. This chapter describes methodology for performing real-time, kinetic measurement of serpin inhibitory activity by fluorogenic substrate conversion assay. Specifically, the methods covered include measurement of alpha-1-antitrypsin inhibitory activity against trypsin and heparin-dependent anti-thrombin III inhibitory activity against thrombin. These methods are scalable to small-volume, high-density format and can be applied for high-throughput screening of serpin activity modulators.
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Yaron, J.R., Ambadapadi, S., Zhang, L., Lucas, A. (2018). Kinetic Measurement of Serpin Inhibitory Activity by Real-Time Fluorogenic Biochemical Assay. In: Lucas, A. (eds) Serpins. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1826. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8645-3_4
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