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公开(公告)号:US09914955B2
公开(公告)日:2018-03-13
申请号:US14911821
申请日:2014-08-12
IPC分类号: A61K39/00 , C07K14/00 , C07K16/00 , C12Q1/37 , G01N33/542
CPC分类号: C12Q1/37 , C07K14/00 , C07K2319/50 , C07K2319/60 , G01N33/542 , G01N2333/96494
摘要: The present invention relates to a genetically encoded FRET-based biosensor to monitor the activity of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9). MMP-9 is an extracellular acting endopeptidase implicated in both physiological and pathological processes. A genetically encoded FRET biosensor anchored in the cellular membrane allows studying the proteolytic activity of MMP-9 with high spatiotemporal resolution at the exact region of MMP-9 action on the cell. Applicability of the biosensor, both in vitro and in vivo in living cells, has been demonstrated by ratiometric analysis of cleavage of the biosensor by a purified auto-activating mutant of MMP-9.