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ScaI has a High Fidelity (HF) Version available
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Catalog # Size Concentration
R0122L 5,000 units 10,000 units/ml
R0122M 5,000 units 50,000 units/ml
R0122S 1,000 units 10,000 units/ml
R0122T 1,000 units 50,000 units/ml
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Recognition Site:

AGTACT

 | single letter code

Description:
ScaI has a High Fidelity version ScaI-HF™ (NEB #R3122).

High Fidelity (HF) Restriction Enzymes have been engineered for reduced star activity and have 100% activity in buffer 4 which may simplify your double digest.

Source:
A E. coli strain that carries the ScaI gene from Streptomyces caespitosus (H. Takahashi).

Reagents Supplied:
NEBuffer 3


Enzyme Properties


Activity in NEBuffers:
NEBuffer 1:Not Recommended
NEBuffer 2:Not Recommended
NEBuffer 3:100%
NEBuffer 4:Not Recommended

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: Not sensitive
More information about: Methylation Sensitivity

Heat Inactivation:
80°C for 20 minutes

Survival in a Reaction:
(+ +) Intermediate activity. Suitable for extended digestion, but < 8 hours.
More information about: Extended Digests with Restriction Enzymes


Reaction & Storage Conditions


Reaction Conditions:
1X NEBuffer 3
Incubate at 37°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 37°C in a total reaction volume of 50 µl.

Concentration:
10,000 units/ml and 50,000 units/ml

Unit Assay Substrate:
λ DNA

Storage Conditions:
10 mM Tris-HCl
50 mM KCl
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. To avoid star activity, do not use this enzyme in NEBuffer 1, NEBuffer 2 or NEBuffer 4.

FAQs


  1. Are more units of ScaI required to cut supercoiled DNA than lambda DNA?
  2. When is star activity a problem?

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 2-fold overdigestion with ScaI, > 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 ScaI.


16-Hour Incubation:
A 50 μl reaction containing 1 μg of DNA and 100 units of ScaI 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 100 units of ScaI 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.

Endonuclease Activity:
Incubation of a 50 μl reaction containing 50 units of ScaI with 1 μg of ΦX174 RF I DNA for 4 hours at 37ºC resulted in < 50% conversion to RFII as determined by agarose gel electrophoresis.


Reagents Sold Separately


NEBuffer 3


Companion Products


ScaI-HF


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Patents:
New England Biolabs, Inc.: U.S. Patent No. 5,721,126
New England Biolabs, Inc.: Japan Patent No. 2889098