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Bioluminescent nanosensors for protease detection based upon gold nanoparticle-luciferase conjugates.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) - 7 Jan 2010
Kim Young-Pil, Daniel Weston L, Xia Zuyong, Xie Hexin, Mirkin Chad A, Rao Jianghong
Abstract excerpt
This communication reports the use of click chemistry to site-specifically conjugate bioluminescent Renilla luciferase proteins to gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) for sensing protease activity. The bioluminescent emission from luciferase was efficiently quenched by Au NPs, but significantly recovered after the proteolytic cleavage.
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