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Catalog # Size Concentration Price Qty  
R0147L 2,500 units 5,000 units/ml $264.00
R0147M 2,500 units 25,000 units/ml $264.00
R0147S 500 units 5,000 units/ml $66.00
Prices are in US dollars and valid only for US orders.
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Recognition Site:

GATC

isoschizomers | compatible ends | single letter code

Source:
A E. coli strain that carries the MboI gene from Moraxella bovis (ATCC 10900).

Reagents Supplied:
NEBuffer 4 (10X)


Enzyme Properties


Activity in NEBuffers:
NEBuffer 1:75%
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: Blocked
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: 0.50 unit(s)


Reaction & Storage Conditions


Reaction Conditions:
1X NEBuffer 4
Incubate at 37°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 λ DNA (dam-) in 1 hour at 37°C in a total reaction volume of 50 µl.

Concentration:
5,000 units/ml and 25,000 units/ml

Unit Assay Substrate:
λ DNA (dam-)

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

Storage Temperature:
-20°C

Diluent Compatibility:
Diluent A


Notes


General notes:
  1. BfuCI, DpnII and Sau3AI are isoschizomers of MboI.
  2. MboI cleaves to leave a 5´ GATC extension which can be efficiently ligated into BamHI, BclI, BglII, BstYI, DpnII or Sau3AI cleaved fragments.
  3. Its isoschizomer Sau3AI is not.

FAQs


  1. What's the difference between DpnI, DpnII, MboI, and Sau3AI?
  2. The NEB catalog has historically stated that activity in NEBuffer4 is less than 100% yet this enzyme is now supplied with NEBuffer4. What have you changed?
  3. Has the conversion to NEBuffer4 altered any of the properties of the restriction enzyme?
  4. If I have an old tube of enzyme, what NEBuffer should I use?
  5. Will the new enzyme work in the originally supplied NEBuffer?
  6. Why is NEB switching this restriction enzyme to NEBuffer 4?

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 MboI, > 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 MboI.


16-Hour Incubation:
A 50 μl reaction containing 1 μg of DNA and 500 units of MboI 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 500 units of MboI with 1 μg of a mixture of single and double-stranded [3H] E. coli DNA (205 cpm/μg) for 4 hours at 37ºC released < 0.1% of the total radioactivity.

Endonuclease Activity:
Incubation of a 50 μl reaction containing 100 units of MboI with 1 μg of ΦX174 RF I DNA for 4 hours at 37ºC resulted in < 10% conversion to RFII as determined by agarose gel electrophoresis.


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