Poly A Polymerase

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Source

Escherichia coli

Applications

• Adds poly A tails to the 3’-hydroxyl terminus of RNA (1)
• Labels 3’-ends of RNA with a [α-³²P] cordycepin triphosphate (2)
• Ideal for determining molar concentration of polyadenylated RNA (3)   

Unit Definition

One unit is the amount of enzyme required to incorporate 1.0 nmol of labeled ATP into acid insoluble form for 10 minutes at 37°C under the stated assay conditions

Concentration

1 Unit/µl

Storage Buffer

25mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.9) 
0.1mM DTT
0.01% (v/v) Triton X-100™
1.0 mM EDTA
0.5M NaCl
50% (v/v) glycerol

Assay Conditions

50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.9)
10 mM MgCl₂
2.5 mM MnCl₂
250 mM NaCl
25 µg tRNA
0.1 mM [α-³²P] ATP
50 μg bovine serum albumin 
Reaction volume of 100 µl

Storage Conditions

Store at -20°C
Product shipped on dry ice

References

(1) Sippel, A.E. (1973) Eur. J. Biochem. 37, 31-40
(2) Beltz, W.R. and Ashton, S.H. (1982) Fed. Proc. 41, 1450, Abstract 68996
(3) Krug, M.S., and Berger, S.L. (1986) Anal. Biochem. 153, 315-323