Sarah H. Hewitt, Jonathan Parris, Romain Mailhot and Stephen J. Butler
Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 12626-12629
DOI:
10.1039/C7CC05887J,
Communication
We report the application of a stable cationic europium complex [Eu.1]+ in a continuous-read luminescence assay for kinase activity. [Eu.1]+ binds reversibly to ATP and ADP in water, at neutral pH, in the presence of Mg2+ ions, providing distinctive luminescence responses that permits the kinase-catalysed conversion of ATP to ADP to be monitored in real-time.