Taq DNA polymerase is a thermostable DNA polymerase isolated and purified from E.coli strain that carries a plasmid with cloned Taq DNA polymerase. It is lacks 3’-5’ proofreading activity and there is a 5’-3’ exonuclease activity in the same polypeptide as the DNA polymerase. Taq is designed for use in DNA amplification, primer extension reaction and DNA sequencing.
One unit incorporate 10 nmole of dNTP into acid-insoluble material in 30 min at 70°C.
Standard PCR Method:
For 50μl reaction:
Water
X μl
10X Reaction Buffer
5μl
2.5mM dNTP
4μl
5-50μM forward primer
1μl
5-50μM reverse primer
1μl
* template DNA
10pg-1μg
Taq enzyme
0.5-2u
Final volume
50 μl
*The amount of DNA template varies according to complexity of its sequence. In the case of mammalian DNA, up to 1μg is used per reaction. Typical amount of yeast, bacterial, and plasmid DNAs used per reaction are 10ng, 1ng, and 10pg, respectively.