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Recognition Site:
isoschizomers | compatible ends | single letter code
Source:
Bacillus fusiformis (N. Nkenfou)
Reagents Supplied:
NEBuffer 3
Enzyme Properties
Activity in NEBuffers:
| NEBuffer 1: | | 0% | | NEBuffer 2: | | 75% | | NEBuffer 3: | | 100% | | NEBuffer 4: | | 10% |
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 overlapping |
Activity at 37°C:
50%
Heat Inactivation:
65°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
50°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 50°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
200 µg/ml BSA
50% Glycerol
pH 7.4 @ 25°C
Storage Temperature:
-20°C
Diluent Compatibility:
Diluent B
Notes
General notes:- Conditions of low ionic strength, high enzyme concentration, glycerol concentration > 5%, or pH > 8.0 may result in star activity.
- BfuAI is an isoschizomer of BspMI.
- BfuAI cleaves plasmid DNAs more efficiently than BspMI.
- Sites in some plasmid DNAs are cleaved at a slower rate than λ DNA.
FAQs
- What is Star Activity and how can it be avoided?
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 BfuAI, > 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 BfuAI.
16-Hour Incubation:
A 50 μl reaction containing 1 μg of DNA
and 25 units of BfuAI incubated for 16 hours at 50ºC
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 BfuAI 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.
Reagents Sold Separately
NEBuffer 3
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