Protein construct: Wild-type S. aureus DNA gyrase, the (gyrA)2(gyrB)2 complex, composed of the gyrA subunit (MW 99 kDa) and gyrB subunit (73 kDa) purified from a bacterial expression system.
MW: 344 kDa
Enzyme concentration: 7.5 µM
Enzyme activity assay: The DNA gyrase DNA supercoiling activity is measured by using the S. aureus DNA Topoisomerase II (Gyrase) Assay Kit (Catalog No. DSA100KS).
Storage temperature: -20 or -80°C. Do not freeze-and-thaw repeatedly.
Enzyme dilution: Use the 1 x assay to dilute the enzyme just before the assay. Do not store diluted enzyme solution
The S. aureus DNA Gyrase – for 100 assays (Catalog No. TOP2-100SA) includes 43 µl 7.5 uM S. aureus gyrase. It is for 100 assays in a 96-well plate format.
Enzymes and Substrates
Bacterial enzymes
Reference
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Assay Protocol using the S. aureus DNA Topoisomerase II (Gyrase) Assay Kit
The following assay protocol is based on a 96-well assay plate format using a standard black 96-well plate (Greiner 655076). For 384-well plate assays using a standard black 384-well plate (Matrix 4318), please reduce the reagent volumes proportionally.
1. Reaction:
The total volume of each reaction mixture is 40µl including: 19.6µl of H2O, 4µl of 10 x buffer, 8µl of 2 M potassium glutamate, 4µl of 10 x relaxed DNA (250µg/ml), 0.4µl of 7.5µM S. aureus gyrase, 4µl of 10 mM ATP. Incubate the reaction mixture at 37°C for 60 min.
Note: The final concentrations are 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8, 35 mM NH4OAc, 4.6 % glycerol, 1 mM DTT, 0.005% Brij35, 8 mM MgCl2, 400 mM potassium glutamate, 25µg/ml relaxed plasmid DNA, 1 mM ATP and 75 nM topoisomerase II. A negative control reaction can be the reaction mixture without addition of ATP. Magnesium is essential for the reaction and assay. EDTA should be avoided.
2. Assay
(1) Make 1 x H19 Dilution Buffer by dilution of the 10 x H19 Dilution Buffer 10-fold with water. Prepare the H19 dye by dilution of 1µl the 1500 x H19 dye stock solution with 1.5 ml of 1 x H19 Dilution Buffer (1500 x dilution). Mix the solution evenly by inverting the tube a few times.
(2) Mix 250µl of the freshly prepared H19 dye with each reaction solution (40µl). Incubate the mixture at room temperature for 5 min.
(3) Measure the fluorescence intensity at 535 nm using the excitation wavelength at 485 nm.