CHEMBL5737449

Enzymatic Assay: Casein substrate (from bovine milk, hydrolyzed and partially dephosphorylated mixture of α, β and a caseins, obtained from Sigma Aldrich, catalogue #C4765, diluted in distilled water to a final concentration of 1 mg/mL) and full-length recombinant human NEK7 (expressed by baculovirus in Sf9 insect cells using a N-terminal GST tag, obtained from SignalChem, catalogue #N09-10G, 0.1 μg/μL) were mixed in assay buffer (20 mM Hepes pH 7.5, 10 mM MgCl2, 1 mM EGTA, 0.02% Brij35, 0.02 mg/ml BSA, 0.1 mM Na3VO4, 2 mM DTT, 1% DMSO). Compounds of interest (serial 3-fold dilution in DMSO from 10 μM to 0.5 nM) or vehicle (1% DMSO) were dispensed into the kinase reaction mixture by Acoustic technology (Echo550; nanoliter range). After incubation at room temperature for 20 minutes, the kinase reaction was initiated by addition of [33P]-ATP (specific activity 10 ρCi/μl) and the mixture was incubated at room temperature for 2 hours. The reaction was then stopped by spotting the reaction mixture on strips of phosphocellulose P81 paper. Following washing, the radioactivity of the P81 paper was measured and kinase activity data were expressed as the percent remaining kinase activity in test samples compared to vehicle reactions.