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Catalog # Size Concentration Price Qty  
R0611L 5,000 units 10,000 units/ml $232.00
R0611S 1,000 units 10,000 units/ml $58.00
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Recognition Site:

CCWGG

isoschizomers | compatible ends | single letter code

Source:
A E. coli strain that carries the PspGI gene from Pyrococcus species strain GI-H (H.W. Jannasch).

Reagents Supplied:
NEBuffer 4 (10X)


Enzyme Properties


Activity in NEBuffers:
NEBuffer 1:75%
NEBuffer 2:100%
NEBuffer 3:50%
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: Blocked
CpG methylation: Not sensitive

Activity at 37°C:
10%

Heat Inactivation:
No

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 4
Incubate at 75°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 of T7 DNA in 1 hour at 75°C in a total reaction volume of 50 µl.

Concentration:
10,000 units/ml

Unit Assay Substrate:
T7 DNA

Storage Conditions:
10 mM Tris-HCl
50 mM KCl
1 mM Dithiothreitol
0.1 mM EDTA
50% Glycerol
pH 7.5 @ 25°C

Storage Temperature:
-20°C

Diluent Compatibility:
Diluent A


Notes


General notes:
  1. PspGI is a highly thermostable isoschizomer of BstNI and EcoRII.
  2. Activity at 85°C is 2-3 fold greater than at 75°C. At 95°C, PspGI has a half-life of 2 hours.
Usage notes:
  1. Overdigestion of > 20 units of PspGI per µg DNA and incubation times > 2 hours are not recommended.

FAQs


  1. The NEB catalog has historically stated that activity in NEBuffer4 is less than 100% yet this enzyme is now supplied with NEBuffer4. What have you changed?
  2. Has the conversion to NEBuffer4 altered any of the properties of the restriction enzyme?
  3. If I have an old tube of enzyme, what NEBuffer should I use?
  4. Will the new enzyme work in the originally supplied NEBuffer?
  5. Why is NEB switching this restriction enzyme to NEBuffer 4?
  6. Do degenerate recognition sites need to be palindromic?
  7. How can this enzyme be inactivated?

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 PspGI, > 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 PspGI.


Exonuclease Activity:
Incubation of a 50 μl reaction containing 50 units of PspGI with 1 μg of a mixture of single and double-stranded [3H] E. coli DNA (205 cpm/μg) for 4 hours at 75ºC released < 0.1% of the total radioactivity.



PspGI: crystals (Adrienne Foster and Alan Friedman, Purdue University; John Pelletier, Krystel Le Coz and Shuang-yong Xu, New England Biolabs)




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