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IMPORTANT NOTE about TopoGEN’s Activity Determinations:
For QC activity determinations on topo II provided by TopoGEN, the following conditions apply. Looking at a typical topo II prep (above) you can see that the activity is significantly higher than 2 units/ul (unit defination, 1 unit fully decatenate the 0.2 ug kDNA in 30 min at 37o C). The typical preparation, when fresh, may be anywhere from 6 to 32 units/ul; however we certify at LEAST 2units/ul. For this reason, the customer actually obtains higher activity (=more topo II) than he or she pays for. For example, if you purchase 500 units, you will receive 250 ul of enzyme (@2 u/ul). In fact you are really obtaining from 1000 to as much as 4000 units in your order. We designed it this way because topo II is somewhat unstable and gradual activity loss is unavoidable during shipping; therefore, we send you much more activity than you ordered to account for the unavoiadable loss. For this reason, the actual activity (units/ul) often varies from lot to lot (one lot may be at or near 2 units/ul and the next lot may be much greater than 2 units/ul); however, the activity will never be less than 2/ul as we certify.
For Information on Topoisomerase II assay and Drug Screening Kits, please contact TopoGEN
Technical Services at 614‐451‐5810.
Additional reagents and products used in the preceding article are available from TopoGEN as follows:
Human Topoisomerase II, 170 kDa Form
• TG2000H‐1 250 Units
• TG2000H‐2 500 Units
Human Topoisomerase I, 105 kDa Form
• TG2005H‐RC1 500 Units
Kinetoplast DNA
• Catenated DNA TG2013‐1 25 ug
• Catenated DNA TG2013‐2 50 ug
• Linear DNA Marker TG2017‐1 10 ug
• Decatenated Marker TG2020‐1 10 ug
FIGURE A1: TYPICAL QC OF TOPO II LOT OF ENZYME (**INSERT IMAGE**)
FIGURE 1: TOPO II/kDNA
Topo II and DNA gyrase reaction products with kDNA substrate. The data shown below are based upon the following concept: (**INSERT IMAGE**)
Shown below is an idealized view of kDNA reactivity with eukaryotic topo II and prokaryotic DNA gyrase. From left to right:
• kDNA Marker: Most of the kDNA will be high MW catenanes that fail to enter the gel
• Topo II Lest activity: Low enzyme and high enzyme activity levels are shown. At low enzyme activity, some kDNA may remain in the wells; at higher levels, all of the kDNA is released as either OC nicked monomers or relaxed circularized monomer.
• Linear kDNA Marker: Produced by incubating with a restriction enzyme that cuts kDNA monomers once.
• Decatenated kDNA Marker: Shows relative positions of OC nicked and circular monomers
• DNA gyrase products: Since gyrase is a topo II, it will decatenate kDNA; however, it will then supercoil the circular monomers.
