Taq DNA Ligase

Description

Taq DNA Ligase catalyzes the formation of a phosphodiester bond in duplex DNA containing adjacent 5′-phosphoryl and 3′-hydroxyl termini, using NAD+ as a cofactor. The ligation will occur only if the oligonucleotides are perfectly paired to the complementary target DNA and have no gaps between them; therefore, a single-base substitution can be detected. Taq DNA Ligase is active at elevated temperatures (45°C-70°C) (1, 2).

The physical purity of this enzyme is ≥99% as assessed by SDS-PAGE with Coomassie® blue staining.

Product Source
E. coli strain expressing the cloned Taq DNA ligase gene from Thermus aqauticus HB8

Applications

• Allele-specific gene detection by using Ligase Detection Reaction (LDR) and Ligase Chain Reaction (LCR) ⁽¹⁾.
• Mutagenesis by incorporation of a phosphorylated oligonucleotide during primer extension amplification⁽³⁾.

Product Includes
1)   Taq DNA Ligase
2)   10X Taq DNA Ligase Buffer with NAD⁺ 

Storage Temperature
–20 °C

Storage Buffer
50 mM Tris-HCl, 50 mM KCl, 1 mM DTT, 0.1 mM EDTA,
50% Glycerol, pH 7.5 @ 25 ºC

10X Taq DNA Ligase reaction buffer with NAD⁺

500 mM Tris-HCl, 100 mM MgCl₂, 100 mM DTT, 10 mM NAD⁺, pH 7.5 @ 25ºC

Unit Definition

One unit is defined as the amount of Taq DNA Ligase required to join 50% of 1 μg of the 12-base cohesive ends of Lambda DNA cut with Sma I and Sal I in 50 μl reaction in 15 min incubation at 45 °C.

Quality Control

Taq DNA Ligase is free from detectable RNase or contaminating DNA endonuclease activities.