Lighting Up Cell Signaling with Photoswitchable Kinases
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Blog Post
...translocation reporter with a mRuby2 fluorescent reporter (ERK KTR-mRuby2).
The ERK KTR is a target for...For testing kinase inhibitors, psMEK1 and ERK KTR-mRuby2 expressing cells were incubated with an inhibitor...activate psMEK1, and the localization of ERK KTR-mRuby2 determined. If the inhibitor targeted MEK1 or its...the cytoplasm.
This all-optical psMEK1 + ERK KTR-mRuby2 system has several advantages over existing methods...