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Catalog # Size Concentration Price Qty  
R0529L 5,000 units 5,000 units/ml $244.00
R0529S 1,000 units 5,000 units/ml $61.00
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Recognition Site:

GTCTC

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

FAQs


  1. Why isn't BsmAI working?
  2. Does BsmAI replace an enzyme previously sold?
  3. Is BsmAI blocked by CpG methylation?
  4. What is the activity level of BsmAI at 37°C?
  5. Does BsmAI exhibit reduced activity on supercoiled DNA?
  6. 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.


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NEBuffer 3


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

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