BsmBI

Companion Products

• BsaI-HF®v2
• NEB^® Golden Gate Assembly Kit (BsaI-HF^®v2)
• Esp3I
• BbsI-HF^®
• Nuclease-free Water

Materials Sold Separately

• Gel Loading Dye, Purple (6X)
• NEBuffer 3.1

1. BsmBI is an isoschizomer of Esp3I.
2. May exhibit star activity in NEBuffer r2.1.
3. Blocked by CpG methylation.

1. Optimizing Restriction Endonuclease Reactions
2. Restriction Digest Protocol
3. Double Digest Protocol with Standard Restriction Enzymes

• Activity at 37°C for Restriction Enzymes with Alternate Incubation Temperatures
• Activity of Restriction Enzymes in PCR Buffers
• Cleavage Close to the End of DNA Fragments
• Digestion of Agarose-Embedded DNA: Info for Specific Enzymes
• Double Digests
• Effects of CpG Methylation on Restriction Enzyme Cleavage
• Expanded “assembly standards” for MoClo, GoldenBraid2.0 and other modular Golden Gate Assembly methods
• Heat Inactivation
• Restriction Endonucleases - Survival in a Reaction
• Restriction Enzyme Diluent Buffer Compatibility
• Restriction Enzyme Tips
• Single Letter Codes
• Star Activity
• Technical Tips For Optimizing Golden Gate Assembly Reactions

• Alphabetized List of Recognition Specificities
• Compatible Cohesive Ends and Generation of New Restriction Sites
• Dam-Dcm and CpG Methylation
• Enzymes with Nonpalindromic Sequences
• Frequencies of Restriction Sites
• Isoschizomers
• NEB Diluent and Buffer Table
• Time-Saver™ Qualified Enzymes
• Type IIS Restriction Enzymes

• DNA Sequences and Maps Tool

• Double Digest Finder
• Enzyme Finder
• NEBcutter™ v2.0
• NEBioCalculator®
• REBASE®

1. Why is there a BsmBI site in LITMUS 38 but not LITMUS 39?
2. Do I have to set-up digests with Time-Saver™ qualified enzymes for 5-15 minutes? Can I digest longer?
3. Why is my Restriction Enzyme not cutting DNA?
4. Why do I see a DNA smear on an agarose gel after a restriction digest?
5. Why do I see additional DNA bands on my gel after a restriction digest?
6. How many nucleotides do I have to add adjacent to the RE recognition site in order to get efficient cutting?
7. Which NEB restriction enzymes are supplied with Gel Loading Dye, Purple (6X)?
8. Which restriction enzymes are used in GoldenBraid Assembly?
9. Which restriction enzymes are used in Golden Gate Assembly?
10. Is this enzyme sensitive to dam, dcm or mammalian CpG methylation?

Product Citation Tool

Additional Citations

• Binder A, Lambert J, Morbitzer R, Popp C, Ott T, Lahaye T, Parniske M (2014) A Modular Plasmid Assembly Kit for Multigene Expression, Gene Silencing and Silencing Rescue in Plants PLoS One; 9(2), e88218. PubMedID: 24551083, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088218

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• BsmBI

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