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NheI

5'...GC T A G C...3'
3'...C G A T CG...5'

Available as a FastDigest enzyme for rapid DNA digestion

FastDigest enzyme available Tango buffer for 100% activity Optimal incubation at 37°C Cleavage blocked or impaired by overlapping CpG methylation Thermal inactivation at 65°C in 20 min Genome qualified LO certified

The NheI restriction enzyme recognizes G^CTAGC sites and cuts best at 37°C in Tango buffer (Isoschizomers: AsuNHI, BmtI)
  
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Lambda DNA digested with NheI

Lambda DNA digested with NheI, 0.7% agarose, 1 cleavage site

Thermo Scientific conventional restriction endonucleases are a large collection of high quality restriction enzymes, optimized to work in one of the buffers of the Five Buffer System. In addition, the universal Tango buffer is provided for convenience in double digestions. All of the enzymes exhibit 100% activity in the recommended buffer and reaction conditions. To ensure consistent performance, Thermo Scientific restriction enzyme reaction buffers contain premixed BSA, which enhances the stability of many enzymes and binds contaminants that may be present in DNA preparations.

Highlights

  • Superior quality – stringent quality control and industry leading manufacturing process
  • Convenient color-coded Five Buffer System
  • Includes universal Tango buffer for double-digestions
  • BSA premixed in reaction buffers
  • Wide selection of restriction endonuclease specificities

Applications

  • Molecular cloning
  • Restriction site mapping
  • Genotyping
  • Southern Blot
  • Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)
  • SNP

Note

Low salt, high glycerol (> 5%) concentrations, pH > 8.0 or a large excess of enzyme may result in star activity. NheI is inhibited by salt concentrations above 100 mM. Supercoiled plasmids may require up to 10-fold more NheI for complete digestion than linear DNAs (e.g. 10 units are required to cleave 1 µg of pBR322 DNA.)

For methylation sensitivity refer to product specifications.

  
Storage Condition-20 C
HazardousNo
Compatible EndsXmaJI, BcuI, Eco130I, XbaI.
Conditions for 100% Activity
  • 1X Buffer Tango: 33 mM Tris-acetate (pH 7.9 at 37°C), 10 mM Mg-acetate, 66 mM K-acetate, and 0.1 mg/mL BSA
  • Incubate at 37°C
Digestion of Agarose-embedded DNAMinimum 5 units of the enzyme are required for complete digestion of 1 µg of agarose-embedded lambda DNA in 16 hours.
Double DigestionPerform double digestion using DoubleDigest.
IsoschizomersSearch for commercial isoschizomers using REsearch.
Storage BufferNheI is supplied in: 10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0 at 25°C), 50 mM KCl, 1 mM DTT, 0.1 mM EDTA, 0.2 mg/mL BSA, and 50% (v/v) glycerol.

Reaction conditions

Recommended buffer for 100% activity Optimal temperature Enzyme activity in Thermo Scientific buffers, % Tango buffer for double digestion
B (blue)
1X
G (green)
1X
O (orange)
1X
R (red)
1X
Tango
(yellow)
1X / 2X
Tango 37°C 100 20-50 0-20 0-20 100 0-20 1X

Methylation Effects

Methylation type Sequence Cleavage effect
CpG 5'...GCTAGm5C G...3'
3'...CGATC Gm5C...5'
Impaired
CpG 5'...m5C GCTAGm5C G...3'
3'... Gm5CGATC Gm5C...5'
Blocked

Cleavage efficiency close to the termini of PCR fragments

bp from the recognition site to fragment end
1 2 3 4 5
0 20-50 50-100

Number of recognition sites in DNA molecules

Lambda ΦX174 M13mp18/19 pBR322 puc18/19 pUC57
1 0 0 1 0 0
pTZ19R/U pTZ57R pBluescriptIIKS(-/+) pBluescriptIISK(-/+) pACYC177 pACYC184
0 0 0 0 1 2

New sites generated by ligation

Newly generated recognition sites resulting from ligation of protruding compatible DNA ends

Recognition Sequence Second Enzyme Enzymes recognizing newly generated recognition sequence
G^CTAGC
  • BcuI (SpeI)/FastDigest SpeI (BcuI) (A^CTAGT)
  • Eco130I (StyI)/FastDigest StyI (Eco130I)* (C^CTAGG)
  • XbaI/FastDigest XbaI (T^CTAGA)
  • XmaJI (AvrII)/FastDigest AvrII (XmaJI) (C^CTAGG)
  • FspBI (BfaI)/FastDigest BfaI (FspBI)

Newly generated recognition sites resulting from fill-in of 5'-overhang and self-ligation

Recognition Sequence Newly generated sequence after reaction Enzymes that cleave the newly generated sequence
G^CTAGCGCTAGCTAGC
  • AluI/FastDigest AluI
  • [BspOI (BmtI)/FastDigest BmtI (BspOI)]
  • [Cac8I]
  • CviJI
  • [FspBI (BfaI)/FastDigest BfaI (FspBI)]
  • [NheI/FastDigest NheI]
  • SetI