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BfuCI
NEBuffer 4BSA37Heat Inactivated
Catalog # Size Concentration Price Qty  
R0636L 2,000 units 4,000 units/ml $232.00
R0636S 400 units 4,000 units/ml $58.00
Prices are in US dollars and valid only for US orders.
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Recognition Site:

GATC

isoschizomers | compatible ends | single letter code

Source:
Bacillus fusiformis 1226 (C. Nkenfou)

Reagents Supplied:
NEBuffer 4 (10X)
BSA (100X)


Enzyme Properties


Activity in NEBuffers:
NEBuffer 1:100%
NEBuffer 2:50%
NEBuffer 3:25%
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: Blocked by overlapping

Heat Inactivation:
80°C for 20 minutes

Survival in a Reaction:
Minimum units to digest 1 µg of substrate DNA in 16 hours: 1.00 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 of λ DNA in 1 hour at 37°C in 50 µl of reaction buffer.

Concentration:
4,000 units/ml

Unit Assay Substrate:
λ DNA

Storage Conditions:
10 mM Tris-HCl
300 mM NaCl
1 mM DTT
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. BfuCI is an isoschizomer of Sau3AI.

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 30-fold overdigestion with BfuCI, > 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 BfuCI.


16-Hour Incubation:
A 50 μl reaction containing 1 μg of DNA and 60 units of BfuCI 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 30 units of BfuCI 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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