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	Source
	: Rhodopseudomonas  sphaeroides 
		
	 	Compatible ends
	: with any blunt end 
	
	 
	Isoschizomers
	: Afa I 
	- neoschizomers : Csp6 I, CviQ I	 
		
	 
	Methylation Sensitivity
	
 : Not sensitive to dam and dcm methylation 
	: Blocked by some combinations of overlapping CpG methylation 
		
	 
	Unit definition : 
	One Unit is defined as the amount of Rsa I required to completely digest 1 §¶ of ¥ë DNA in one hour at 37¡É in 50 §¡ assay mixture.
	
	
  
	Typical Reaction Conditions
	: Add 5 §¡ of 10X Reaction Buffer 'C'[final conc.: 10 mM Tris-HCl(pH 7.9 @ 37¡É), 10 mM MgCl2, 50 mM NaCl, 1 mM DTT], 1~2 §¡ of DNA(0.5~1.0 §¶/§¡), 1 §¡ of Rsa I and 42~43 §¡ of sterile water in 50 §¡ reaction mixture. Incubate at 37¡É. 
	
	 
	
 
	Heat Inactivation
	: 65¡É for 20 min. 
	
	 
  
	
 
	Activity in BeamsBio¢â Buffer System
	 
		
		
		
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		Rxn Buffer  | 
		                                          
		
		 A  | 
		
		
		 B  | 
		
		
		 C  | 
		
		
		 D  | 
		 
	
		
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		 Activity(%)  | 
		
		
		 75~100  | 
		
		
		 75~100  | 
		
		
		 75~100  | 
		
		
		 <10  | 
		 
		
	 
	
	 
	 
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	Activity in a complete PCR Mix    : 75~100% Conditions: [10 mM Tris-HCl(pH 8.3 @ 25¡É), 50 mM KCl, 1.5 mM MgCl2, 2 pmol of primers, 200 ¥ìM dNTP Mix, 2.5 U Taq DNA polymerase and 1 §¶ of DNA(template or substrate) in 50 §¡ of reaction volume] After 30 amplication cycles, add 5 units of Rsa I. And then incubate at 37¡É for one hour. Relative activity is determined by gel electrophoresis. 
	
	 
	Storage Conditions
	: 10 mM Tris-HCl(pH 7.4 @ 25¡É), 50 mM KCl, 0.1 mM EDTA, 1 mM DTT, 200 §¶/§¢ BSA, and 50% glycerol. Store at -20¡É. 
	
	
  
	No. of Cleavage Sites
	
	
 
	
		
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		¥ë 
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		 Ad2 
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		 pUC18 
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		 ¥õX174 
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		 pBR322 
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		 M13mp18 
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		 SV40 
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		113 
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		 83 
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		 3 
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		 11 
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		 3 
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		 19 
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		 12 
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	Quality control 
	
	Overdigestion: The same band pattern as a digestion in one unit of Rsa I for one hour was showing after incubation of 1 §¶ of ¥ë DNA with         units of Rsa I for 16 hr in 50 §¡ of reaction mixture at 37¡É as determined by agarose gel electrophoresis. 
	
	Ligation-Recut: After a 10-fold digestion for one hour,        % of ¥ë DNA fragments were ligated with T4 DNA ligase at 16¡É and        % of the ligated fragments could be recut with Rsa I. 
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	References
	 Lynn, S.P., Cohen, L.K., Kaplan, S., Gardner, J.F. J. Bacteriol. 142, 380-383, (1980) 
	
	 
	
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