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Catalog # Size Concentration Price Qty  
R0199L 1,000 units 4,000 units/ml $232.00
R0199M 1,000 units 20,000 units/ml $232.00
R0199S 200 units 4,000 units/ml $58.00
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Recognition Site:

GCGCGC

isoschizomers | compatible ends | single letter code

Source:
A E. coli strain that carries the BssHII gene from Bacillus stearothermophilus H3 (N. Welker).

Reagents Supplied:
NEBuffer 3


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: Blocked

Activity at 37°C:
75%

Heat Inactivation:
80°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 3
Incubate at 50°C.

1X NEBuffer 3:
50 mM Tris-HCl
100 mM NaCl
10 mM MgCl2
1 mM Dithiothreitol
pH 7.9 @ 25°C

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

Concentration:
4,000 units/ml and 20,000 units/ml

Unit Assay Substrate:
λ DNA

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. 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?
  2. Are there BssHII sites in pBluescript?

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 BssHII, > 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 BssHII.


16-Hour Incubation:
A 50 μl reaction containing 1 μg of DNA and 200 units of BssHII incubated for 16 hours at 50ºC 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 300 units of BssHII with 1 μg of a mixture of single and double-stranded [3H] E. coli DNA (205 cpm/μg) for 4 hours at 50ºC released < 0.2% of the total radioactivity.

Endonuclease Activity:
Incubation of a 50 μl reaction containing 300 units of BssHII with 1 μg of pBR322 DNA for 4 hours at 50ºC resulted in < 10% 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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NEBuffer 3


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