Light-assisted small-molecule screening against protein kinases
October 12th, 2015 by Álvaro Inglés-Prieto
Nature Chemical Biology 11, 952 (2015). doi:10.1038/nchembio.1933
Authors: Álvaro Inglés-Prieto, Eva Reichhart, Markus K Muellner, Matthias Nowak, Sebastian M B Nijman, Michael Grusch & Harald Janovjak
High-throughput live-cell screens are intricate elements of systems biology studies and drug discovery pipelines. Here, we demonstrate an optogenetics-assisted method that avoids the need for chemical activators and reporters, reduces the number of operational steps and increases information content in a cell-based small-molecule screen against human protein kinases, including an orphan receptor tyrosine kinase. This blueprint for all-optical screening can be adapted to many drug targets and cellular processes.