The iDeal CUT&Tag protocol involves the binding of cells on a solid phase ConA magnetic beads, allowing magnetic handling of the cells for the major steps of the protocol. Bead-bound cells are permeabilized, incubated with primary antibody against a target of interest and secondary antibody. Then, Diagenode’s protein pA-Tn5 Transposase - loaded is bound to the complex. Protein A guides Tn5 transposase on chromatin to the antibody attached to its target. Tn5 transposase is activated by Mg+2 ions to insert the sequencing adaptors into genomic regions of interest. DNA is then purified and the tagmented genomic regions of interest are amplified by PCR using Diagenode’s Primer Indexes for tagmented libraries.
