Kits for detection of ATP

1. A kit for detecting ATP comprising:

a luciferase component comprising a chemostable luciferase including the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3 and SEQ ID NO:4; and

an ATPase inhibitor component comprising one or more ATPase inhibitors.

2. The kit of claim 1 , where the luciferase component comprises a lyophilized preparation of a chemostable luciferase.

3. The kit of claim 1 , where the luciferase component comprises an aqueous preparation of a chemostable luciferase.

4. The kit of claim 1 , where the luciferase comprises the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs.: 2 and 4.

5. The kit of claim 1 , where the luciferase component comprises the luciferin.

6. The kit of claim 1 , where at least one ATPase inhibitor comprises a detergent.

7. The kit of claim 6 , where at least one detergent is a cationic detergent.

8. The kit of claim 7 , wherein the cationic detergent is selected from the group consisting of dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide and benzyldimethyldodecylammonium bromide.

9. The kit of claim 6 , where at least one detergent is an anionic detergent.

10. The kit of claim 9 , where the anionic detergent is selected from the group consisting of SDS and deoxycholate.

11. The kit of claim 6 , where at least one detergent is a zwitterionic detergent.

12. The kit of claim 11 , where the zwitterionic detergent is sulfobetaine 3-10 (n-Decyl-N,N-Dimethyl-3-ammonio-1-propanesulfonate).

13. The kit of claim 1 , where the kit further comprises an enzyme stabilizing agent.

14. The kit of claim 13 , where the enzyme stabilizing agent is selected from the group consisting of 2% polyethylene glycol 400 dodecyl ether, bovine serum albumin, and gelatin.

15. The kit of claim 14 , where the enzyme stabilizing agent is separated from the luciferase component.

16. The kit of claim 1 , where the kit further comprises a cell lysing agent separated from the luciferase component.

17. The kit of claim 1 , where the ATPase inhibitor component comprises the cell lysing agent.

18. The kit of claim 1 , where the kit further comprises an ATP extracting agent separated from the luciferase component.

19. The kit of claim 18 , where the ATPase inhibitor component comprises the ATP extracting agent.

20. The kit of claim 18 , where the ATP extracting agent comprises CTAB (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide).

21. The kit of claim 1 , where the ATPase inhibitor component comprises a substance selected from the group consisting of co-enzyme A, dithiothreitol, μ-mercaptoethanol, EDTA, protease inhibitors and high concentration salts.

22. The kit of claim 1 , where the kit further comprises an inhibitor of ATP-generating enzymes, the inhibitor separated from the luciferase component.

23. The kit of claim 22 , where the inhibitor of ATP-generating enzymes is selected from the group consisting of NaF, vanadate, paranitrophenyl phosphate and dichloroacetic acid.

24. The kit of claim 22 , where the inhibitor of ATP-generating enzymes is NaF.

25. The kit of claim 22 , where the ATPase inhibitor component comprises the inhibitor of ATP generating enzymes.

26. The kit of claim 1 , where the ATPase inhibitor component further comprises a buffer, a divalent cation metal chelator and magnesium cations.

27. The kit of claim 1 , where the kit further comprises instructions to admix the luciferase component and the ATPase inhibitor component.

28. The kit of claim 27 , where the instructions further provide the step of contacting a sample with a reagent comprising a mixture of the luciferase component and the ATPase inhibitor component.

29. The kit of claim 27 , where the instructions are provided in a form selected from the group consisting of instructions printed on the packaging, instructions printed in an instruction booklet, instructions printed on an insert within the packaging, instructions in an electronic-readable medium, and instructions accessable via the internet.

30. A kit for detecting ATP comprising: a luciferase component comprising the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1, 2, 3, and 4; and an ATPase inhibitor component comprising one or more ATPase inhibitors, where the combination of the luciferase component and the ATPase inhibitor component forms a reagent composition for detecting ATP in a sample; where the reagent composition maintains at least 30% activity, as measured by luminescence after the reagent composition is combined with the sample, for at least one hour after the reagent composition is combined with a sample containing ATP, as compared to the reagent composition's activity just after the luciferase is combined with the one or more ATPase inhibitors, and where the one or more ATPase inhibitors present in the reagent composition are collectively able to reduce ATPase activity endogenous to the sample by at least 25% relative to the sample's ATPase activity in the absence of the one or more ATPase inhibitors.

31. The kit of claim 30 wherein the where the ATPase inhibitor comprises a cationic detergent that is present in the reagent composition at a concentration of at least 0.1% (w/v).

32. The kit of claim 30 where the reagent composition maintains at least 60% activity, as measured by luminescence after the reagent composition is combined with the sample, for at least one hour after the reagent composition is combined with a sample containing ATP, as compared to the reagent composition's activity just after the luciferase is combined with the one or more ATPase inhibitors, and where the one or more ATPase inhibitors present in the reagent composition are collectively able to reduce ATPase activity endogenous to the sample by at least 25% relative to the sample's ATPase activity in the absence of the one or more ATPase inhibitors.

33. The kit of claim 30 , where the reagent composition maintains at least 30% activity, as measured by luminescence after the reagent composition is combined with the sample, for at least one hour after the reagent composition is combined with a sample containing ATP, as compared to the reagent composition's activity just after the luciferase is combined with the one or more ATPase inhibitors, and where the one or more ATPase inhibitors present in the reagent composition are collectively able to reduce ATPase activity endogenous to the sample by at least 40% relative to the sample's ATPase activity in the absence of the one or more ATPase inhibitors.

34. The kit of claim 30 , where the reagent composition maintains at least 30% activity, as measured by luminescence after the reagent composition is combined with the sample, for at least two hours after the reagent composition is combined with a sample containing ATP, as compared to the reagent composition's activity just after the luciferase is combined with the one or more ATPase inhibitors, and where the one or more ATPase inhibitors present in the reagent composition are collectively able to reduce ATPase activity endogenous to the sample by at least 40% relative to the sample's ATPase activity in the absence of the one or more ATPase inhibitors.

35. The kit of claim 30 , where the reagent composition maintains at least 60% activity, as measured by luminescence after the reagent composition is combined with the sample, for at least two hours after the reagent composition is combined with a sample containing ATP, as compared to the reagent composition's activity just after the luciferase is combined with the one or more ATPase inhibitors, and where the one or more ATPase inhibitors present in the reagent composition are collectively able to reduce ATPase activity endogenous to the sample by at least 40% relative to the sample's ATPase activity in the absence of the one or more ATPase inhibitors.

36. The kit of claim 30 , where the reagent composition maintains at least 60% activity, as measured by luminescence after the reagent composition is combined with the sample, for at least one hour after the reagent composition is combined with a sample containing ATP, as compared to the reagent composition's activity just after the luciferase is combined with the one or more ATPase inhibitors, and where the one or more ATPase inhibitors present in the reagent composition are collectively able to reduce ATPase activity endogenous to the sample by at least 60% relative to the sample's ATPase activity in the absence of the one or more ATPase inhibitors.

37. The kit of claim 30 , where the luciferase in the reagent composition initially produces a luminescence that has less than 50% loss of luminescence during the first hour after the reagent is combined with a sample comprising ATP.

38. The kit of claim 30 , where the reagent composition comprises at least 0.1% of benzyldimethyldodecylammonium bromide and maintains at least 50% reagent composition activity during the first hour after the reagent is combined with a sample comprising ATP.

39. The kit of claim 30 , where a first container comprises a lyophilized luciferase in a sealed environment.

40. The kit of claim 39 , where the kit further comprises a second container, with a sterile access port to the first container or the second container.

41. The kit of claim 30 for detecting ATP comprising a first compartment storing the luciferase component comprising a chemostable luciferase separated from a second compartment storing an ATPase inhibitor component comprising one or more ATPase inhibitors by a partition.

42. The kit of claim 41 , where the partition is a removable or breakable membrane.

43. The kit of claim 41 , where the luciferase component and the ATPase inhibitor component can be admixed by breaking the partition.

44. The kit of claim 41 , where the partition is removeable to admix the luciferase component and the ATPase inhibitor component.