
ATP-independent,non-catalyticThermostableligasethatcatalyzestheintramolecularligation(i.e.circularization)ofssDNAtemplates
Applications
- ProductionofssDNAtemplatesforrolling-circlereplicationorrolling-circletranscriptionexperiments.
- ProductionofssDNAtemplatesforRNApolymeraseandRNApolymeraseinhibitorassays.
CircLigase™IIssDNALigase*isathermostableenzymethatcatalyzesintramolecularligation(i.e.circularization)ofssDNAtemplateshavinga5´-phosphateanda3´-hydroxylgroup.IncontrasttoT4DNALigaseandAmpligase®DNALigase,whichligateDNAendsthatareannealedadjacenttoeachotheronacomplementaryDNAsequence,CircLigaseIIssDNALigaseligatesendsofssDNAintheabsenceofacomplementarysequence.TheenzymeisthereforeusefulformakingcircularssDNAmoleculesfromlinearssDNA.CircularssDNAmoleculescanbeusedassubstratesforrolling-circlereplicationorrolling-circletranscription.
LinearssDNAof>15bases,includingCDNA,iscircularizedbyCircLigaseIIenzyme.Understandardreactionconditions,virtuallynolinearconcatamersorcircularconcatamersareproduced.InadditiontoitsactivityonssDNA,CircLigaseIIenzymealsohasactivityinligatingasingle-strandednucleicacidhavinga3´-hydroxylribonucleotideanda5´-phosphorylatedribonucleotideordeoxyribonucleotide.
CircLigaseIIhasgreateractivityandanewReactionBufferforimprovedligationefficiency.
UnitDefinition:OneunitofCircLigaseIIenzymeconverts1pmolofalinear5´-phosphorylatedCircLigaseIIStandard55-merOligointoanexonucleaseI-resistantcircularformin1hourat60°Cunderstandardassayconditions. StorageBuffer:50%glycerolcontaining50mMTris-HCl(pH7.5),100mMNaCl,0.1mMEDTA,1mMDTT,and0.1%Triton®X-100. 10XReactionBuffer:0.33MTris-Acetate(pH7.5),0.66Mpotassiumacetateand5mmDTT. QualityControl:CircLigaseIIssDNALigaseisfreeofdetectablephosphatase,DNAexo-andendonuclease,andRNaseactivities. ProductCitations
| Figure1.CircLigase™IIssDNALigaseconvertslinearssDNA |
ORDERINFORMATION
CircLigase™IIssDNALigaseisprovidedat100U/μl.
Contents:CircLigase™IIssDNALigase,CircLigase™II10XReactionBuffer,50mMMnCl2,CircLigase™ssDNAControlOligo,Betaine,SterileWater.