This Protease Assay Kit is designed for the quantitative determination of proteases present in protein sample, using a dye-labelled protein substrate. The proteases present in the sample of interest will digest the protein substrate and release dye labelled peptides. The absorbance of the dye-labelled peptide is measured at 570 nm for determination of protease activity.

Chemically stabilised Trypsin (MSG-Trypsin™) is supplied with the kit as a general protease standard; however, other specific protease standards can also be used. MSG-Trypsin™ is an ultra-pure trypsin from bovine pancreas, modified by methylation followed by TPCK treatment and is extremely resistant to autolysis. The kit components are sufficient for 50 assays in a microtitre plate format or 0,5 ml assay tubes.