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ArticleNature chemical biology2025

Molecular recording of cellular protein kinase activity with chemical labeling.

De-En Sun, Siu Wang Ng, Yu Zheng, Shu Xie, Niklas Schwan, Paula Breuer, Dirk C Hoffmann, Julius Michel, Daniel D Azorin, Kim E Boonekamp and 5 more

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

De-En SunDepartment of Chemical Biology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany. de-en.sun@mr.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3664-2035
Siu Wang NgGerman Cancer Research Center, Division Signaling and Functional Genomics, Heidelberg, Germany.
Yu ZhengState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-3930-4013
Shu XieState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Niklas SchwanDepartment of Chemical Biology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-1375-7590
Paula BreuerDepartment of Chemical Biology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-6741-2303
Dirk C HoffmannClinical Cooperation Unit Neurooncology, German Cancer Consortium, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1370-1933
Julius MichelClinical Cooperation Unit Neurooncology, German Cancer Consortium, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
Daniel D AzorinClinical Cooperation Unit Neurooncology, German Cancer Consortium, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
Kim E BoonekampGerman Cancer Research Center, Division Signaling and Functional Genomics, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9968-5382
Frank WinklerClinical Cooperation Unit Neurooncology, German Cancer Consortium, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4892-6104
Wolfgang WickClinical Cooperation Unit Neurooncology, German Cancer Consortium, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6171-634X
Michael BoutrosGerman Cancer Research Center, Division Signaling and Functional Genomics, Heidelberg, Germany.
Yulong LiState Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9166-9919
Kai JohnssonDepartment of Chemical Biology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany. johnsson@mr.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8002-1981

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein kinases control most cellular processes and aberrant kinase activity is involved in numerous diseases. Here we introduce molecular recorders of kinase activities for later analysis to investigate the link between specific kinase activities and cellular phenotypes in heterogeneous cell populations and in vivo. Based on split-HaloTag and a phosphorylation-dependent molecular switch, our recorders become rapidly labeled in the presence of a specific kinase activity and a fluorescent HaloTag substrate. The kinase activity in a given cell controls the degree of fluorescent labeling, whereas the recording window is set by the presence of the fluorescent substrate. We designed specific recorders for four protein kinases, including protein kinase A. We apply our protein kinase A recorder to sort heterogeneous cell populations for subsequent transcriptome analysis, in genome-wide CRISPR screens to discover regulators of PKA activity and to track neuromodulation in freely moving mice.

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Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein KinasesProtein KinasesAnimalsFluorescent DyesHEK293 CellsHumansMicePhosphorylationStaining and LabelingCyclic AMP-Dependent Protein KinasesFluorescent DyesProtein Kinases

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PMID40640555
PMCPMC12568631

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