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 Recognition Site:


 isoschizomers | compatible ends | single letter code
Source: An E. coli strain that carries the cloned BsmAI gene from Bacillus stearothermophilus A664 (Z. Chen)
Reagents Supplied: NEBuffer 3 (10X)
Enzyme Properties

 Activity in NEBuffers:
| NEBuffer 1: |  | 50% | | NEBuffer 2: |  | 100% | | NEBuffer 3: |  | 100% | | NEBuffer 4: |  | 50% |
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 by some combinations of overlapping |
Activity at 37°C: 30%
Heat Inactivation: 80°C for 20 minutes
Survival in a Reaction: Minimum units to digest 1 µg of substrate DNA in 16 hours: 0.25 unit(s)
Reaction & Storage Conditions

 Reaction Conditions: 1X NEBuffer 3 Incubate at
55°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 λ DNA in 1 hour at 55°C in a total reaction volume of 50 µl.
Concentration: 5,000 units/ml
Unit Assay Substrate: λ DNA
Storage Conditions: 10 mM Tris-HCl 300 mM NaCl 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 B
Notes

 General notes:- BsmAI is an isoschizomer of Alw26I.
- Incubation at 37°C results in 30% activity and at 65°C results in 10% activity.
- Freshly diluted 10X NEBuffer is recommended for best results, as the enzyme is dependent of fresh DTT.
FAQs


- Why isn't BsmAI working?
- Does BsmAI replace an enzyme previously sold?
- Is BsmAI blocked by CpG methylation?
- What is the activity level of BsmAI at 37°C?
- Does BsmAI exhibit reduced activity on supercoiled DNA?
- Is overnight digestion with BsmAI recommended?
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 BsmAI, > 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 BsmAI.
16-Hour Incubation:
A 50 μl reaction containing 1 μg of DNA
and 50 units of BsmAI incubated for 16 hours at 55ºC
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 200 units of BsmAI with 1 μg of a mixture of single and double-stranded
[3H] E. coli DNA (205 cpm/μg) for 4 hours at 55ºC
released < 0.1% of the total radioactivity.
Reagents Sold Separately

 NEBuffer 3
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 Patents: New England Biolabs, Inc. : U.S. Patent No. 6,596,524
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