Title :
Red-emitting substrates for rapid botulinum neurotoxin detection
Author :
Herron, James N. ; Engelhardt, Konrad H. ; O´Mel, Vlad
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Pharm. & Pharm. Chem., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Abstract :
We report a new red-emitting molecular beacon for botulinum neurotoxin A suitable inexpensive rapid assay formats. Reaction kinetics including parameters like Km and Vmax were evaluated in a fluorogenic assay using the BoNT/A light chain.
Keywords :
biochemistry; biosensors; enzymes; fluorescence; molecular biophysics; molecular configurations; optical sensors; reaction kinetics; sensor arrays; toxicology; BoNT/A light chain; botulinum neurotoxin A; fluorogenic assay; inexpensive rapid assay formats; rapid botulinum neurotoxin detection; reaction kinetics; red-emitting molecular beacon; red-emitting substrates; Biomedical optical imaging; Fluorescence; Kinetic theory; Optical sensors; Proteins; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA