CIAP (Alkaline Phosphatase, Calf Intestinal)

Detailed Product Description

 Alkaline Phosphatase catalyzes the hydrolysis of 5´-phosphate groups from DNA, RNA and both ribo- and deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates.

Alkaline Phosphatase, Calf Intestinal (CIAP), is supplied in 10mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0), 1mM MgCl₂, 0.1mM ZnCl₂, 50mM KCl and 50% glycerol.

 When the 10X Reaction Buffer supplied with this enzyme is diluted 1:10, it has a composition of 50mM Tris-HCl (pH 9.3 at 25°C), 1mM MgCl₂, 0.1mM ZnCl₂ and 1mM spermidine.

One unit is defined as the amount of enzyme required to catalyze the hydrolysis of 1µmol of 4-nitrophenyl phosphate per minute at 37°C in 1M diethanolamine, 10.9mM 4-nitrophenyl phosphate, 0.5mM MgCl2 (pH 9.8). See the unit concentration on the Product Information Label.

For long-term storage (infrequent use; 12 times per month), store at 70°C. For daily/weekly use, store at 20°C. Avoid multiple freeze-thaw cycles. See the expiration date on the Product Information Label.

To test for endonuclease activity, 1µg of Type I supercoiled plasmid DNA is incubated with 5 units of Calf Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase in 1X Reaction Buffer for one hour at 37°C. Following incubation, the supercoiled DNA is visualized on an ethidium bromide-stained agarose gel to verify the absence of visible nicking or cutting.

pGEM-3Zf(+) Vector is linearized with three different restriction enzymes, in separate reactions, to generate three different types of termini: 5´-overhangs, 3´-overhangs or blunt ends. Each microgram of cut plasmid is treatedwith 1 unit of Calf Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase for 2 hours at 37°C, kinased and ligated. The religated plasmid is then transformed into JM109 cells that are plated on X-Gal/IPTG/Ampicillin plates. White colonies result from transformation with ligated plasmids with damaged ends. These white colonies represent the number of false positives expected in a typical cloning experiment. Enzymes that generate overhangs must produce fewer than 2% white colonies, and blunt-cutting enzymes must produce fewer than 5% white colonies.

To test for nuclease activity, 50ng of radiolabeled DNA or radiolabeled RNA is incubated with 5 units of Calf Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase in 1X Reaction Buffer for one hour at 37°C, and the release of radiolabeled nucleotides is monitored by scintillation counting of TCA-soluble material. Minimum passing specification is ≤3% release for DNase and ≤3% release for RNase.