Antarctic Phosphatase
Supplier: New England Biolabs (NEB)
Antarctic Phosphatase catalyzes the dephosphorylation of 5´ and 3´ ends of DNA and RNA phosphomonoesters.
Antarctic Phosphatase also hydrolyzes ribo-, as well as deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (NTPs and dNTPs). Antarctic Phosphatase can be used in many molecular biology applications, such as the removal of phosphorylated ends of DNA and RNA, for subsequent use in cloning or end-labeling of probes. In cloning, dephosphorylation prevents religation of linearized plasmid DNA. The enzyme acts on 5´ protruding, 5´ recessed and blunt ends. Antarctic Phosphatase may also be used to degrade unincorporated dNTPs in PCR reactions to prepare templates for DNA sequencing. The enzyme is completely and irreversibly inactivated by heating at 70°C for 5 minutes, thereby making removal of Antarctic Phosphatase prior to ligation or end-labeling unnecessary.
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