The cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) is the best understood member of the superfamily of serine-threonine protein kinases and is involved in controlling a variety of cellular processes. Measurements of PKA activity traditionally relied on the use of [(32)P]-labeled ATP as the phosphate donor and a protein or peptide substrate as the phosphoaceptor. Recently non-isotopic assays for the PKA have been developed and this paper presents an improvement of a fluorometric assay for measuring the activity of PKA. Three peptides were synthesized with the following sequences: LRRASLG (Kemptide), LRRASLGK (Kemptide-Lys8) and LRRASLGGGLRRASLG (Bis-Kemptide), these have in common the substrate sequence recognized by the PKA (RRXS/TΨ), where X is any amino acid and Ψ is a hydrophobic amino acid. Optimal conditions were established for the non-radioactive assay to detect the PKA activity by phosphorylation of these three peptides that are covalently linked to fluorescamine at their N-terminus. The phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated peptides were easily separated by electrophoresis, identified and quantified with optical densitometry and ultraviolet light. The fluorescamine-labeled Kemptide-Lys8 substrate (Fluram-Kemptide-Lys8) was used to calculate the Km and Vmax of the catalytic subunit of PKA from pig heart and showed a detection limit of 260 pmol, a linear range between 700 and 1150 pmol with a linear regression R (2) = 0.956.
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