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Catalog # Size Concentration Price Qty  
R0101L 50,000 units 20,000 units/ml $212.00
R0101M 50,000 units 100,000 units/ml $212.00
R0101S 10,000 units 20,000 units/ml $53.00
R0101T 10,000 units 100,000 units/ml $53.00
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Recognition Site:

GAATTC

isoschizomers | compatible ends | single letter code

Source:
An E. coli strain that carries the cloned EcoRI gene from E. coli RY13 (R.N. Yoshimori).

Reagents Supplied:
NEBuffer EcoRI (10X)


Enzyme Properties


Activity in NEBuffers:
NEBuffer 1:100%
NEBuffer 2:100%
NEBuffer 3:100%
NEBuffer 4:100%

When using a buffer other than the optimal (supplied) NEBuffer, it may be necessary to add more enzyme to achieve complete digestion.

Methylation Sensitivity:
dam methylation: Not sensitive
dcm methylation: Not sensitive
CpG methylation: Impaired by overlapping

Heat Inactivation:
65°C for 20 minutes

Survival in a Reaction:
Minimum units to digest 1 µg of substrate DNA in 16 hours: 0.13 unit(s)


Reaction & Storage Conditions


Reaction Conditions:
1X NEBuffer EcoRI
Incubate at 37°C.

1X NEBuffer EcoRI:
100 mM Tris-HCl
50 mM NaCl
10 mM MgCl2
0.025 % Triton X-100
pH 7.5 @ 25°C

Unit Definition:
One unit is defined as the amount of enzyme required to digest 1 µg of λ DNA in 1 hour at 37°C in a total reaction volume of 50 µl.

Concentration:
20,000 units/ml and 100,000 units/ml

Unit Assay Substrate:
λ DNA

Storage Conditions:
300 mM NaCl
10 mM 2-Mercaptoethanol
0.1 mM EDTA
200 µg/ml BSA
50% Glycerol
0.15% Triton X-100
pH 7.5 @ 25°C

Storage Temperature:
-20°C

Diluent Compatibility:
Diluent C


Notes


General notes:
  1. Conditions of low ionic strength, high enzyme concentration, glycerol concentration > 5%, or pH > 8.0 may result in star activity.

FAQs


  1. What is Star Activity and how can it be avoided?

Quality Control for Current Lot


Quality control values for a specific lot can be found on the datacard which accompanies each product.

Ligation and Re-cutting:
After a 100-fold overdigestion with EcoRI, > 95% of the DNA fragments can be ligated with T4 DNA Ligase (at a 5' termini concentration of 1-2 μM) at 16ºC. Of these ligated fragments, > 95% can be recut with EcoRI.


16-Hour Incubation:
A 50 μl reaction containing 1 μg of λDNA and 100 units of EcoRI incubated for 16 hours at 37ºC resulted in a DNA pattern free of detectable nuclease degradation as determined by agarose gel electrophoresis.

Exonuclease Activity:
Incubation of a 50 μl reaction containing 200 units of EcoRI with 1 μg of a mixture of single and double-stranded [3H] E. coli DNA (105 cpm/μg) for 4 hours at 37ºC released < 0.1% of the total radioactivity.

Blue/White Screening Assay:
An appropriate vector is digested at a unique site within the lacZα gene with a 10-fold excess of enzyme. The vector DNA is then ligated, transformed, and plated onto Xgal/IPTG/Amp plates. Successful expression of β-galactosidase is a function of how intact its gene remains after cloning, an intact gene gives rise to a blue colony, removal of even a single base gives rise to a white colony. Enzyme preparations must produce fewer than 3% white colonies to be Blue/White certified.


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