Description:
EpiMark® Hot Start Taq DNA Polymerase is a mixture of Taq DNA Polymerase and a temperature sensitive, aptamer-based inhibitor. The inhibitor binds reversibly to the enzyme, inhibiting polymerase activity at temperatures below 45°C, but releases the enzyme during normal PCR cycling conditions. This permits assembly of PCR reactions at room temperature. An advantage of the aptamer-based hot start mechanism is that it does not require a separate high temperature incubation step to activate the enzyme. The advanced aptamer-based hot-start activity coupled with the supplied optimized reaction buffer makes the EpiMark Hot Start Taq DNA Polymerase an excellent choice for use on bisulfite-converted DNA. Taq DNA polymerase possesses a 5´- 3´ polymerase activity (1,2,3) and a 5´ flap endonuclease activity (4,5).
EpiMark Hot Start Taq DNA Polymerase is supplied with 5X EpiMark Hot Start Taq Reaction Buffer, providing robust amplification for bisulfite-converted DNA and AT-rich amplicons. Source:
An E. coli strain that carries the Taq DNA Polymerase gene from Thermus aquaticus YT-1 Applications:
PCR from bisulfite-converted DNA
Reagents Supplied:
EpiMark® Hot Start Taq Reaction Buffer Pack (5X) Heat Inactivation:
No
Unit Definition:
One unit is defined as the amount of enzyme that will incorporate 15 nmol dNTP into acid insoluble material in 30 minutes at 75°C. Unit Assay Conditions:
1X ThermoPol® Reaction Buffer, 200 µM dNTPs including [3H]-dTTP and 200 µg/ml activated Calf Thymus DNA. Reaction Conditions:
1X EpiMark Hot Start Taq Reaction Buffer, bisulfite-converted DNA template, primers, 200 µM dNTPs (not included) and 1.25 units of EpiMark Hot Start Taq DNA Polymerase in a total reaction volume of 50 µl. 1X EpiMark™ Hot Start Taq Reaction Buffer:
20 mM Tris-HCl
1.8 mM MgCl2
22 mM NH4Cl
22 mM KCl
0.06 % IGEPAL® CA-630
0.05 % Tween-20
pH 8.9 @ 25°C Concentration:
5,000 units/ml Storage Conditions:
10 mM Tris-HCl
100 mM KCl
1 mM DTT
0.1 mM EDTA
50% Glycerol
0.5% Tween-20
0.5% IGEPAL® CA-630
pH 7.4 @ 25°C