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AhdI
Cloned At NEBRecombinant SourceTime SaverNEBuffer 4BSA37Heat Inactivated
Catalog # Size Concentration Price Qty  
R0584L 5,000 units 5,000 units/ml $264.00
R0584S 1,000 units 5,000 units/ml $66.00
Prices are in US dollars and valid only for US orders.
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Recognition Site:

GACNNNNNGTC

isoschizomers | compatible ends | single letter code

Source:
A E. coli strain that carries the AhdI gene from Aeromonas hydrophila (C. Polisson).

Reagents Supplied:
NEBuffer 4
BSA


Enzyme Properties


Activity in NEBuffers:
NEBuffer 1:25%
NEBuffer 2:75%
NEBuffer 3:0%
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: Impaired by some combinations of overlapping

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 4
Supplemented with 100 μg/ml Bovine Serum Albumin
Incubate at 37°C.

1X NEBuffer 4:
20 mM Tris-acetate
50 mM potassium acetate
10 mM Magnesium Acetate
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 37°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
50 mM NaCl
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.
  2. AhdI is an isoschizomer of Eam1105I.
  3. AhdI produces DNA fragments that have a single-base 3´ extension which are more difficult to ligate than blunt-ended fragments.
    More efficient ligation can be achieved by using the Quick Ligation Kit.

FAQs


  1. What is Star Activity and how can it be avoided?
  2. Do degenerate recognition sites need to be palindromic?

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 AhdI, < 5% 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 AhdI.


16-Hour Incubation:
A 50 μl reaction containing 1 μg of DNA and 25 units of AhdI 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 50 units of AhdI with 1 μg of a mixture of single and double-stranded [3H] E. coli DNA (105 cpm/μg) for 4 hours at 37ºC released < 0.1% of the total radioactivity.


Reagents Sold Separately


NEBuffer 4
BSA

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