Recent developments in microarray-based enzyme assays: from functional annotation to substrate/inhibitor fingerprinting

Anal Bioanal Chem. 2006 Oct;386(3):416-26. doi: 10.1007/s00216-006-0511-5. Epub 2006 Jun 22.

Abstract

Recent advances in proteomics have provided impetus towards the development of robust technologies for high-throughput studies of enzymes. The term "catalomics" defines an emerging '-omics' field in which high-throughput studies of enzymes are carried out by using advanced chemical proteomics approaches. Of the various available methods, microarrays have emerged as a powerful and versatile platform to accelerate not only the functional annotation but also the substrate and inhibitor specificity (e.g. substrate and inhibitor fingerprinting, respectively) of enzymes. Herein, we review recent developments in the fabrication of various types of microarray technologies (protein-, peptide- and small-molecule-based microarrays) and their applications in high-throughput characterizations of enzymes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Enzymes / analysis
  • Enzymes / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Microarray Analysis / instrumentation
  • Microarray Analysis / methods*
  • Microarray Analysis / trends*
  • Substrate Specificity

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Enzymes