Transcreener GDP GTPase Assay

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The Only Mix-and-Read Fluorescent GTPase Assay

The Transcreener GDP GTPase assay is a homogenous, fluorescent immunoassay that monitors the activity of GTPases along with GEF and GAP partners. The assay directly measures the amount of GDP produced in an in vitro GTPase reaction.

Learn More About Measuring GEF and GAP Activity:

Three Readouts Available

Three available fluorescent readouts provide a safe, HTS-compatible alternative to cumbersome radioassay methods and are more sensitive and less subject to interference than colorimetric phosphate detection methods such as malachite green.

Fluorescence polarization (FP)
Fluorescence intensity (FI)
Time-resolved Forster-resonance-energy-transfer (TR-FRET)

GTPase Assay Principle - Universal GDP Detection

GTP hydrolysis from GTPase activity creates the product GDP and an additional phosphate. GDP displaces tracer from a highly selective monoclonal antibody resulting in a decrease in fluorescence polarization or an increase in fluorescence intensity.

FP GDP Assay - LEARN MORE

FI GDP Assay - LEARN MORE

TR-FRET GDP Assay - LEARN MORE

What Can You Do With Transcreener

• Measure guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) activity
• Measure GTPase-activating proteins (GAP) activity
• Homogenous, simple, mix-and-read assay
• Tunable dynamic range to match the target of interest
• Detect any GDP producing enzyme: GTPases, fucosyltransferases, mannosyltransferases

Single Step - Mix-and-Read

Turnkey Protocol: Run enzyme reaction, add detection reagents, and read plates

Assay Tunable to Your Target

High Quality Data Under Initial Velocity Conditions

GTPase Assay Data Under Initial Velocity Conditions

Standard curves mimicking the enzymatic conversion of GTP to GDP using the Transcreener GDP FP Assay. The dynamic range of the assay can be easily tuned for different initial GTP concentrations.

Assay Features

Easy-to-Use, Ultra-Sensitive GTPase Activity Assay
HTS Compatible with 96, 384, and 1536-well plates
Direct detection of GDP to monitor GTPase, GAP, and GEF Activity
Stable assay reagents – minimum 8-hour reagent and signal stability

Use with a Variety of GTPase Enzymes

Based on BellBrook Lab's proprietary nucleotide immunodetection technology, the Transcreener GDP Assays are compatible with any enzyme class that produces GDP, including monomeric small G proteins, such as CDC42, and Gα subunits of heterotrimeric G proteins, such as Gαi1. Learn how Transcreener can be used to study targets like Cdc42 and RhoA in Springer's Rho GTPases Methods and Protocols. Discover how researchers at UT Southwestern used the GDP assay to screen dynamin GTPase activity.

Cdc42 and RhoA GTPase titration using the Transcreener GDP Assay with an FP readout.

Far Red FP, FI &TR-FRET Readouts Validated on Major Multimode Readers