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Catalog # Size Concentration
R0129L 10,000 units 20,000 units/ml
R0129S 2,000 units 20,000 units/ml
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Recognition Site:

TTTAAA

 | single letter code

Source:
A E. coli strain that carries the DraI gene from Deinococcus radiophilus (ATCC 27603).

Reagents Supplied:
NEBuffer 4 (10X)


Enzyme Properties


Activity in NEBuffers:
NEBuffer 1:75%
NEBuffer 2:75%
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: Not sensitive
CpG methylation: Not sensitive
More information about: Methylation Sensitivity

Heat Inactivation:
65°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 4
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 a total reaction volume of 50 µl.

Concentration:
20,000 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. DraI is an isoschizomer of AhaIII.

FAQs


  1. Are ther any properties of DraI that make it difficult to use?
  2. Does BSA increase activity of DraI?
  3. Does DraI have trouble cleaving PCR products?
  4. Is DraI active at 25°C?

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 20-fold overdigestion with DraI, > 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 DraI.


16-Hour Incubation:
A 50 μl reaction containing 1 μg of DNA and 100 units of DraI 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 200 units of DraI 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