| Assay Method Information | |
| | Wee-1 kinase Assay |
| Description: | In the measurement of Wee-1 activity, a commercial peptide Poly(Lys Tyr(4:1)) hydrobromide was purchased from Sigma Aldrich and used as the substrate. Activated Wee-1 kinase was purchased from Invitrogen (PV3817) and an ADP-Glo luminescent kit was purchased from Promega.All reactions took place in 60 μL volumes in reaction buffer containing 40 mM Tris-HCl and 20 mM magnesium chloride, supplemented with 0.1 mg/mL bovine serum albumin and 2 mM DTT. Compounds were serially diluted in buffer and 5 μL of each concentration pipetted into a white 384 well plate (Sigma Aldrich M6186). A 5 μL aliquot of the Wee-1 enzyme was added to each well and the plate centrifuged for 1 min to ensure mixing of the enzyme and inhibitor.The plate was incubated at room temperature for 30 minutes before the addition of 2.0 μg/mL of substrate and 30 μM ATP in a 5 μL aliquot. The plate was centrifuged for one minute and incubated for 1 h at RT.15 μL of ADP-Glo stop reagent was added to each well to quench the reaction and deplete unconverted ATP. The plate was incubated for a further 40 min in the dark at RT.30 μL of ADP-Glo kinase detection reagent was added to each well, converting ADP to ATP, catalysing the generation of luciferin by luciferase. The plate was shaken for 1 min, and incubated in the dark for an additional hour.Luminescence from each well was detected using the Biotek Synergy4 HD plate reader and the percentage inhibition of kinase activity calculated for each inhibitor tested. Positive (kinase only) and negative (no kinase) controls were added to each plate to ensure specific interaction of kinase and inhibitor. The IC50 concentration for each inhibitor was calculated by plotting the percentage kinase inhibition against concentration of inhibitor and the curve generated by non-linear regression fitting. |
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