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RNase Inhibitor
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Catalog # Size Concentration
M0307L 10,000 units 40,000 units/ml
M0307S 2,000 units 40,000 units/ml
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  • Isolated from a recombinant source
  • Inhibits common eukaryotic RNases
  • Compatible with Taq Polymerase, AMV or M-MuLV Reverse Transcriptases
  • Active over a broad pH range (pH 5-8)
Description:
RNase Inhibitor is a recombinant human placental protein which specifically inhibits ribonucleases (RNases) A, B and C (1). It is not effective against RNase 1, RNase T1, S1 Nuclease, RNase H or RNase from Aspergillus. In addition, no inhibition of polymerase activity is observed when RNase Inhibitor is used with Taq DNA Polymerase, AMV or M-MuLV Reverse Transcriptases, or Phage RNA Polymerases (SP6, T7, or T3).

The 50 kDa protein inhibits RNases by binding noncovalently in a 1:1 ratio with an association constant greater than 1014 (2).

Source:
An E. coli strain that carries the Ribonuclease Inhibitor gene from human placenta.


Reaction & Storage Conditions



Unit Definition:
One unit is defined as the amount of RNase Inhibitor required to inhibit the activity of 5 ng of RNase A by 50%. Activity is measured by the inhibition of hydrolysis of cytidine 2, 3'-cyclic monophosphate by RNase A.

Concentration:
40,000 units/ml

Storage Conditions:
20 mM HEPES-KOH
50 mM KCl
8 mM DTT
50% Glycerol
pH 7.6 @ 25°C

Storage Temperature:
-20°C


Notes


Usage notes:
  1. Since ribonucleases typically retain activity under denaturing conditions, care must be taken to avoid denaturing RNase Inhibitor molecules which have complexed with a ribonuclease. To prevent the release of active ribonuclease, temperatures greater than 50°C and high concentrations of urea or other denaturing agents should be avoided.
  2. As an alternative, the new Murine Rnase Inhibitor offers improved resistance to oxidation and activity at low DTT concentrations, and 50% more units for same price.

Quality Control for Current Lot


Quality control values for a specific lot can be found on the datacard which accompanies each product.

Endonuclease Activity:
Incubation of 200 units of RNase Inhibitor with supercoiled plasmid produced no nicked molecules after a two hour incubation at 37°C as determined by gel electrophoresis.

Ribonuclease Assay:
Incubation of 200 units of RNase Inhibitor with 1 µg of RNA at 37°C for 1 hour resulted in no detectable degradation of RNA as determined by gel electrophoresis.

DNase Assay:
Incubation of 200 units of RNase Inhibitor for 1 hour at 37°C with 50 ng of radiolabeled DNA released < 3% of the radioactivity.


References


  1. Blackburn, P. and Moore, S. (1982) Pancreatic Ribonucleases. The Enzymes, XV, Part B, Academic Press, NY.
  2. Blackburn, P., Wilson, G. and Moore, S. (1977) J. Biol. Chem., 252,5904.


Companion Products


HiScribe RNAi Transcription Kit
Murine RNase Inhibitor
ProtoScript® First Strand cDNA Synthesis Kit
ShortCut® RNAi Kit