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 Recognition Site:


 isoschizomers | compatible ends | single letter code
Source: A P. alcaligenes strain that carries the PacI gene from Pseudomonas alcaligenes (C. Polisson).
Reagents Supplied: NEBuffer 1 BSA
Enzyme Properties

 Activity in NEBuffers:
| NEBuffer 1: |  | 100% | | NEBuffer 2: |  | 75% | | 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 pNEB193 DNA in 1 hour at 37°C in a total reaction volume of 50 µl.
Concentration: 10,000 units/ml
Unit Assay Substrate: pNEB193 DNA
Storage Conditions: 10 mM KPO4 200 mM NaCl 1 mM Dithiothreitol 0.1 mM EDTA 200 µg/ml BSA 50% Glycerol
pH 7.3 @ 25°C
Storage Temperature: -20°C
Diluent Compatibility: Diluent A
Notes

 General notes:- PacI is an octanucleotide-recognizing restriction endonuclease.
pNEB193, a cloning vector which contains single sites for NEB's
8-base cutters AscI, PacI and PmeI.
FAQs


- How can the efficieny of PacI be increased?
- Are there any common problems encountered when using PacI?
- Is PacI inhibited by salt?
- What is the activity of PacI 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 PacI, approximately 75%
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 PacI.
16-Hour Incubation:
A 50 μl reaction containing 1 μg of DNA
and 75 units of PacI 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 PacI 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 50 units of PacI with 1 μg of
ΦX174 RF I DNA for 4 hours at 37ºC 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.
Reagents Sold Separately

 NEBuffer 1 BSA
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 Patents: New England Biolabs, Inc.: U.S. Patent No. 5,098,839
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