Measurement of Enzyme Kinetics Using Microscale Steady-State Kinetic Analysis

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Abstract

This paper describes a new technique--microscale steady-state kinetic analysis (microSKA)--that enables the rapid and parallel analysis of enzyme kinetics. Rather than physically defining a microscopic reactor through microfabrication, we show how the relative rates of reaction and transport in a macroscopic flow chamber, where the enzyme is immobilized on one wall of the chamber, results in the confinement of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction to a microscopic reactor volume adjacent to this wall. This volume has linear dimensions that are orders of magnitude smaller than the physical dimensions of the system (i.e., micrometer vs millimeter). Conversion within this volume is monitored at steady state as a function of position, rather than time. In this way, limitations due to reactor dead time and mixing are avoided. We use microSKA to determine kinetic parameters for the alkaline phosphatase-catalyzed de-phosphorylation of nonfluorescent methylumbelliferyl phosphate (MUP) to fluorescent 7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin (HMC) at two different values of pH. Kinetic parameters measured with microSKA are in good agreement with values obtained using conventional methods, if one takes into account effects of immobilization on enzyme activity. This technique provides a rapid and simple method for determining enzyme kinetics using small amounts of sample material and may be useful for applications in proteomics, drug discovery, biocatalyst development, and clinical diagnostics.

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