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Catalog # Size Concentration Price Qty  
R0505L 2,500 units 10,000 units/ml $232.00
R0505M 2,500 units 50,000 units/ml $232.00
R0505S 500 units 10,000 units/ml $58.00
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Recognition Site:

CGGCCG

isoschizomers | compatible ends | single letter code

Source:
A E. coli strain that carries the EagI gene from Enterobacter agglomerans (R. Morgan).

Reagents Supplied:
NEBuffer 3


Enzyme Properties


Activity in NEBuffers:
NEBuffer 1:10%
NEBuffer 2:25%
NEBuffer 3:100%
NEBuffer 4:10%

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

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 3
Incubate at 37°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 of pXba DNA in 1 hour at 37°C in a total reaction volume of 50 µl.

Concentration:
10,000 units/ml and 50,000 units/ml

Unit Assay Substrate:
pXba DNA

Storage Conditions:
10 mM Tris-HCl
500 mM NaCl
1 mM Dithiothreitol
0.1 mM EDTA
50% Glycerol
0.15% Triton X-100
pH 8.2 @ 25°C

Storage Temperature:
-20°C

Diluent Compatibility:
Diluent C


Notes


General notes:
  1. EagI is an isoschizomer of XmaIII.
  2. For full EagI activity, the pH of the reaction mix must be between (7.9 and 9.0 @ 25°C). Digestion at pH 7.4 yields 50% activity.

FAQs


  1. Does EagI produce commonly used compatible ends?
  2. IsEagI pH sensitive?
  3. Are more units of EagI required to cut supercoiled DNA than lambda DNA?

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 200-fold overdigestion with EagI, > 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 EagI.


16-Hour Incubation:
A 50 μl reaction containing 1 μg of DNA and 200 units of EagI 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 EagI 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 20 units of EagI with 1 μg of ΦX174 RF I DNA for 4 hours at 37ºC resulted in < 20% 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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