Table 1

Kinase-substrate pairs.



Solution Assay
Protein Array Assay




Z_Score




Upstream Kinases
Substrates
(Signal/Background)
-BSA
+BSA

CaMKII
Tau Protein
16.01
15.00
10.1
CDK5/p35
Tau Protein
28.24
18.80
6.5
CK2
pTEN
67.65
12.80
18.6
ERK2(MAPK)
4EBP/PHAS-1
3.85
6.10
9.6
ERK2(MAPK)
Elk-1 Fusion Protein
8.17
17.00
20
ERK2(MAPK)
Tau Protein
3.34
24.10
19.4
GSK3beta
GST-Axin
33.63
1.40
2.4
JNK1
c-Jun 1–79
6.84
19.20
103.3
MAP2K6(MKK6)
MAPK12 Inactive
20.45
0.90
0.1
MAP2K6(MKK6)
MAPK14, Inactive
42.02
12.50
23.6
MAPK14 (p38alpha)
4EBP/PHAS-1
3.58
9.90
17.5
MAPK14 (p38alpha)
ATF2 (aa 19–96)
6.48
22.60
25.5
MAPK14 (p38alpha)
MAPKAP-K2 Inactive
13
13.90
19.4
MAPK14 (p38alpha)
MAPKAP-K3 Inactive
6.21
10.70
22.4
MAPK14 (p38alpha)
MAPKAP-K5, Inactive
5.07
5.40
2.4
MKK4/SKK1
MAPK12 Inactive
17.43
1.80
7.7
MKK4/SKK1
MAPK8 (JNK1) Inactive
23.17
2.90
0.7
MKK4/SKK1
MAPK9 (JNK2) Inactive
6.61
0.90
5.9
p38β2/SAPK2b2
MAPKAP-K3 Inactive
12.63
3.40
9.4
PDK1
AKT2 Inactive
6.33
4.30
3.1
PKA
ATF2 (aa 19–96)
8.34
3.40
0.7
PKA
Tau Protein
12.66
33.90
4.6
ROKα/ROCK-II
MYPT1 (654–880)
51.54
14.40
23
RPS6KA3(RSK2)
Estrogen Receptor-α
9.08
0.40
2.7

A set of 24 kinase-substrate interactions comprising 14 different protein kinases and 18 substrates was defined as the test set for benchmarking protein microarray results against solution phase assays. Solution phase reactions were run for each of these pairs in the presence of 33P-ATP. After 1 hour, reactions were terminated by the addition of sample buffer and run on SDS-PAGE gels. Gels were subsequently dried, exposed to a phosphoscreen, and imaged in a Cyclone phosphoimager. Pixel intensity data from the resultant high resolution images was extracted and used to calculate the reported signal/background values. Protein microarray assays were run by incubating arrays with exogenous kinase in the presence of 33P-ATP. After 60 minutes, arrays were washed, dried, exposed to a phosphoscreen, and imaged using a Cyclone phosphoimager. Pixel intensity data from the resultant high resolution images was extracted using GenePix software, and used to calculate the reported Z-Scores.

Meng et al. BMC Biotechnology 2008 8:22   doi:10.1186/1472-6750-8-22