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Catalog # Size Concentration Price Qty  
R0114L 25,000 units 50,000 units/ml $252.00
R0114S 5,000 units 50,000 units/ml $63.00
Prices are in US dollars and valid only for US orders.
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Recognition Site:

GGGCCC

isoschizomers | compatible ends | single letter code

Source:
An E. coli strain that carries the ApaI gene from Acetobacter pasteurianus sub. pasteurianus (ATCC 9432).

Reagents Supplied:
NEBuffer 4 (10X)
BSA (100X)


Enzyme Properties


Activity in NEBuffers:
NEBuffer 1:25%
NEBuffer 2:50%
NEBuffer 3:0%
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: Blocked by overlapping
CpG methylation: Blocked by overlapping
More information about: Methylation Sensitivity

Activity at 37°C:
100%

Heat Inactivation:
65°C for 20 minutes

Survival in a Reaction:
(+ + +) Suitable for an extended or overnight digestion. Enzyme is active > 8 hours.
More information about: Extended Digests with Restriction Enzymes


Reaction & Storage Conditions


Reaction Conditions:
1X NEBuffer 4
Supplemented with 100 μg/ml Bovine Serum Albumin
Incubate at 25°C.

1X NEBuffer 4:
20 mM Tris-acetate
50 mM potassium acetate
10 mM Magnesium Acetate
1 mM Dithiothreitol
pH 7.9 @ 25°C

Unit Definition:
One unit is defined as the amount of enzyme required to digest 1 µg of pXba DNA in 1 hour at 25°C in a total reaction volume of 50 µl.

Concentration:
50,000 units/ml

Unit Assay Substrate:
Adenovirus-2 DNA

Storage Conditions:
10 mM Tris-HCl
50 mM KCl
1 mM Dithiothreitol
0.1 mM EDTA
500 µg/ml BSA
50% Glycerol
pH 7.4 @ 25°C

Storage Temperature:
-20°C

Diluent Compatibility:
Diluent A


Notes


General notes:
  1. ApaI is an isoschizomer of Bsp120 I, but yields a 3´ extension.
Usage notes:
  1. Incubation at 37°C results in 100% activity, however, the half-life of ApaI at 37°C is only 30 minutes.
  2. ApaI is inhibited by salt concentrations above 50 mM.

FAQs


  1. Is ApaI a Time-Saver Qualified enzyme?
  2. Is ApaI activity sensitive to any type of substrate methylation?
  3. How many base pairs should be added at the end of a PCR primer after the ApaI recognition site to guarantee that ApaI will cut properly?
  4. Does ApaI have any neoschizomers?
  5. It seems that ApaI is having some difficulties cutting my DNA. Is there a reason for that?

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 10-fold overdigestion with ApaI, > 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 ApaI.


16-Hour Incubation:
A 50 μl reaction containing 1 μg of DNA and 100 units of ApaI incubated for 16 hours at 25ºC 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 100 units of ApaI with 1 μg of a mixture of single and double-stranded [3H] E. coli DNA (105 cpm/μg) for 4 hours at 25ºC released < 0.1% of the total radioactivity.

Endonuclease Activity:
Incubation of a 50 μl reaction containing 100 units of ApaI with 1 μg of ΦX174 RF I DNA for 4 hours at 25ºC resulted in < 20% conversion to RFII as determined by agarose gel electrophoresis.


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NEBuffer 4
BSA


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dam-/dcm- Competent E. coli

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