HOT FIREPol® Blend Master Mix Ready to Load is a premixed ready-to-use solution containing all reagents required for PCR (except template, primers, and water), an additional compound needed for direct loading onto an agarose gel, and two tracking dyes (blue and yellow) that allow monitoring progress during electrophoresis.
HOT FIREPol® Blend Master Mix contains two carefully optimized enzymes – HOT FIREPol® DNA polymerase and a proofreading polymerase. This enzyme blend has both the 5’→ 3’ exonuclease activity as well as the 3’→ 5’ proofreading activity. HOT FIREPol® Blend Master Mix exhibits an increased fidelity (up to fivefold) compared to regular Taq polymerase.
In addition, the mix also allows the amplification of longer fragments.
Generated PCR products are compatible with blunt-end and T/A cloning procedures.
HOT FIREPol® Blend Master Mix exhibits an increased fidelity (up to fivefold) compared to regular Taq polymerase.
Recommendations
We recommend using HOT FIREPol® Blend Master Mix Ready to Load in any PCR application that will be visualized by agarose gel electrophoresis and ethidium bromide staining.
HOT FIREPol® Blend Master Mix Ready to Load is not recommended for use in applications where spectrophotometric measurements (absorbance or fluorescence) are necessary because yellow and blue dyes can interfere with these applications.
Properties
Concentration: 5x
Hot-start: yes, initial activation in 12-15 min
Ready to load: yes
Fidelity: 5 x Taq
Cloning Type: T/A cloning and Blunt-end cloning
Amplicon Size: up to 5 kb
Mix Components
HOT FIREPol® DNA polymerase: chemically modified FIREPol® DNA Polymerase enabeling hot-start
Proofreading enzyme: to enhance fidelity
5x Blend Master Mix Buffer with 7. 5 mM MgCl2: 1x PCR solution – 1.5 mM MgCl2
1 mM dNTPs of each: 1x PCR solution – 200 µM dATP, 200 µM dCTP, 200 µM dGTP and 200 µM dTTP
Bovine serum albumin (BSA) to enhance PCR reaction
Blue dye: migration equivalent to 3.5-4.5 kb DNA fragment
Yellow dye: migration rate in excess of primers in 1% agarose gel: <35-45 bp
Compound that increases sample density for direct loading
