Abstract: The invention provides a method to screen for a modulator of enzymatic activity comprising the step of monitoring the association or dissociation of a pair of polypeptides which can associate as a dimer. The polypeptide pair comprises a first polypeptide comprising detection means and a site of post-translational modification and a second polypeptide comprising detection means.

Abstract: The invention provides a method to monitor the activity of an enzyme comprising the step of monitoring the addition to at least one polypeptide of a phosphate moiety. The polypeptide is an isolated polypeptide, or a fragment thereof, comprising a non-natural site sufficient for the addition of a phosphate (PO4). The polypeptide binds to at least one binding partner in a phosphorylation-dependent manner. The polypeptide further comprises a detection means; the polypeptide comprising the detection means is a reporter molecule.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypeptide multimer comprising a first polypeptide having associated therewith a label and a second polypeptide, wherein a) at least one of the polypeptides is susceptible to protease digestion; b) association of the polypeptides to form a multimer is detectable via a signal emitted by the label; and c) digestion of at least one polypeptide results in dissociation of the multimer and modulation of the signal emitted by the label, and the method of detecting or monitoring the activity of a protease enzyme based on such a multimer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypeptide multimer comprising a first polypeptide having associated therewith a label and a second polypeptide, wherein a) at least one of the polypeptides is susceptible to protease digestion; b) association of the polypeptides to form a multimer is detectable via a signal emitted by the label; and c) digestion of at least one polypeptide results in dissociation of the multimer and modulation of the signal emitted by the label, and The method of detecting or monitoring the activity of a protease enzyme based on such a multimer.

Abstract: The invention provides an isolated polypeptide, or a fragment thereof, comprising a coiled-coil and an engineered site sufficient for the addition of a “moiety”, i.e., a group, that is one or more of a phosphate, ubiquitin, glycosyl or ADP-ribosyl moiety, wherein the polypeptide binds to a binding partner in a phosphorylation-, ubiquitination-, glycosylation- or ADP-ribosylation-dependent manner. The invention also relates to methods and kits utilizing an isolated polypeptide and its binding partner, which methods and kits permit monitoring of addition or removal of the one or more moieties.

Abstract: The invention provides an isolated polypeptide, or a fragment thereof, comprising a coiled-coil and an engineered site sufficient for the addition of a “moiety”, i.e., a group, that is one or more of a phosphate, ubiquitin, glycosyl or ADP-ribosyl moiety, wherein the polypeptide binds to a binding partner in a phosphorylation-, ubiquitination-, glycosylation- or ADP-ribosylation-dependent manner. The invention also relates to methods and kits utilizing an isolated polypeptide and its binding partner, which methods and kits permit monitoring of addition or removal of the one or more moieties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypeptide multimer comprising a first polypeptide having associated therewith a label and a second polypeptide, wherein a) at least one of the polypeptides is susceptible to protease digestion; b) association of the polypeptides to form a multimer is detectable via a signal emitted by the label; and c) digestion of at least one polypeptide results in dissociation of the multimer and modulation of the signal emitted by the label, and The method of detecting or monitoring the activity of a protease enzyme based on such a multimer.

Abstract: The invention provides an isolated polypeptide, or a fragment thereof, comprising a coiled-coil and an engineered site sufficient for the addition of a “moiety”, i.e., a group, that is one or more of a phosphate, ubiquitin, glycosyl or ADP-ribosyl moiety, wherein the polypeptide binds to a binding partner in a phosphorylation-, ubiquitination-, glycosylation- or ADP-ribosylation-dependent manner. The invention also relates to methods and kits utilizing an isolated polypeptide and its binding partner, which methods and kits permit monitoring of addition or removal of the one or more moieties.