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R0156L 10,000 units 20,000 units/ml $212.00
R0156M 10,000 units 100,000 units/ml $212.00
R0156S 2,000 units 20,000 units/ml $53.00
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Recognition Site:

GAGCTC

isoschizomers | compatible ends | single letter code

Source:
A E. coli strain that carries the SacI gene from Streptomyces achromogenes (ATCC 12767).

Reagents Supplied:
NEBuffer 1
BSA


Enzyme Properties


Activity in NEBuffers:
NEBuffer 1:100%
NEBuffer 2:50%
NEBuffer 3:10%
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: Not sensitive

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 1
Supplemented with 100 μg/ml Bovine Serum Albumin
Incubate at 37°C.

1X NEBuffer 1:
10 mM Bis-Tris-Propane-HCl
10 mM MgCl2
1 mM Dithiothreitol
pH 7.0 @ 25°C

Unit Definition:
One unit is defined as the amount of enzyme required to digest 1 µg of λ DNA (HindIII digest) 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 (HindIII digest)

Storage Conditions:
10 mM Tris-HCl
100 mM NaCl
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. SacI is inhibited by salt concentrations > 10 mM. Mini-prep DNA containing residual salt is resistant to cleavage. A 70% alcohol wash or dialysis can be used to remove the salt.
  2. SacI is sensitive to cytosine methylation at GAGmCTC but not GAGCTmC and insensitive to adenine methylation at GmAGCTC.

FAQs


  1. Why isn't SacI cutting?
  2. How can the efficiency of SacI be increased?
  3. Is SacI affected by methylation?
  4. What is the molecular weight of SacI?
  5. What is the activity of SacI at 25°C?

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 20-fold overdigestion with SacI, > 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 SacI.


16-Hour Incubation:
A 50 μl reaction containing 1 μg of DNA and 100 units of SacI 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 100 units of SacI 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% of the total radioactivity.

Endonuclease Activity:
Incubation of a 50 μl reaction containing 60 units of SacI with 1 μg of ΦX174 RF I DNA for 4 hours at 37ºC resulted in < 5% conversion to RFII as determined by agarose gel electrophoresis.

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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