Nova Taq DNA Polymerase

NovaTaq DNA polymerase is a recombinant form of Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase. This enzyme is a non-proofreading DNA polymerase.[1] NovaTaq DNA polymerase exhibits 5′-3′ DNA polymerase activity and lacks 3′- 5′ exonuclease activity.[1] The preparation is >95% homogenous by sodium dodecyl sulfate-poly acrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and lacks detectable endonuclease activities. It is tested for several quality control assays. This enzyme produces PCR products with 3′-dA overhangs, suitable for cloning with Novagen^®Perfectly Blunt^®, AccepTor, and LIC Vector Kits.[1] Each item also includes optimized 10X NovaTaq Buffer with 15 mM MgCl₂ for routine amplification conditions, plus separate vials of 10X NovaTaq Buffer without MgCl₂, and 25 mM MgCl₂ to enable convenient optimization of Mg²⁺ concentration.

Source: Recombinant Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase expressed in E. coli
Concentration: 5.0 U/μl
Purity: 95% homogeneous by SDS-PAGE
Endonuclease: None detected
Amplification effiency: Functional PCR
Storage: –20°C

NovaTaq DNA polymerase has been used to check the success of the ligation step during cloning.[2] It has also been used in the PCR amplification of cDNA.[3][4]
NovaTaq DNA Polymerase can be used in standard polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification protocols. It is also suitable for colony PCR for screening bacterial colonies.

•100 U, 500 U, or 5 × 500 UNovaTaq DNA Polymerase

•1 or 2 or 7 × 1.5 ml10X NovaTaq Buffer with MgCl₂

•1 or 2 or 7 × 1.5 ml10X NovaTaq Buffer without MgCl₂

•1 or 2 or 7 × 1.5 ml25 mM MgCl₂

Toxicity: Multiple Toxicity Values, refer to MSDS (O)

One unit is defined as the amount of enzyme that will catalyze the incorporation of 10 nmol of dNTP into acid-insoluble form in 30 min at 74°C, in a reaction containing 25 mM TAPS (tris-[hydroxymethyl]-methyl-amino-propane-sulfonic acid, sodium salt), pH 9.3 at 25°C, 50 mM KCl, 2 mM MgCl₂, 1 mM 2-mercaptoethanol, 0.2 mM dATP, dGTP, and dTTP, 0.1 µM [α-³²P]dCTP, and activated salmon sperm DNA.

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