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Catalog # Size Concentration
R0139L 10,000 units 20,000 units/ml
R0139S 2,000 units 20,000 units/ml
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Recognition Site:

GCGC

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Source:
A E. coli strain that carries the HhaI gene from Haemophilus haemolyticus (ATCC 10014).

Reagents Supplied:
NEBuffer 4
BSA


Enzyme Properties


Activity in NEBuffers:
NEBuffer 1:75%
NEBuffer 2:100%
NEBuffer 3:100%
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
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
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 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. HinP1I is an isoschizomer of HhaI.
  2. HhaI produces a 3´ extension whereas HinP1I produces a 5´extension.

FAQs


  1. Are there any common problems encountered when using HhaI?
  2. How does HhaI deffer from its isoschizomer, HinP1I?
  3. Does HhaI cleave single-stranded DNA?

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 HhaI, > 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 HhaI.


16-Hour Incubation:
A 50 μl reaction containing 1 μg of DNA and 50 units of HhaI 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 HhaI with 1 μg of a mixture of single and double-stranded [3H] E. coli DNA (205 cpm/μg) for 4 hours at 37ºC released < 0.3% of the total radioactivity.


Reagents Sold Separately


NEBuffer 4
BSA


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New England Biolabs, Inc.: U.S. Patent No. 4,999,293