Streptavidin has been labeled with d2. Biotin binds to Streptavidin with high affinity (Ka=1015M-1). The binding is rapid and stable, making it an ideal choice for use in a variety of assays such as enzyme assays, protein-protein binding assays and molecular biology assays.
HTRF assays offer many advantages over other technologies:
- Homogeneous add-and-read format
- No wash steps
- Low background
- Straightforward miniaturization from 96- or 384-well microplates to high density assay formats such as 384-well low volume and 1536-well plates
- Stable signal, providing flexibility in time of readout or size of assays