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SRE0005

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Proteinase K from Tritirachium album

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Synonym(s):

Endopeptidase K

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CAS Number:
39450-01-6
EC Number:
3.4.21.64 (BRENDA, IUBMB)
EC Number:
254-457-8
MDL number:
MFCD00132129
UNSPSC Code:
12352204
NACRES:
NA.32

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biological source

microbial

Quality Level

500

grade

Molecular Biology

form

buffered aqueous glycerol solution

mol wt

28.93 kDa

storage condition

dry at room temperature

concentration

≥10 mg/mL protein
≥800 unit/mL

technique(s)

DNA extraction: suitable
RNA extraction: suitable

impurities

≤500 pg/mg DNA (PicoGreen® assay)

color

almost colorless

pH

7.5

suitability

suitable for gel electrophoresis and DNA isolation procedures

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing

foreign activity

DNAse, RNAse, exonuclease, endonuclease, and nickase, none detected

shipped in

wet ice

storage temp.

2-8°C

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Application

Useful for the proteolytic inactivation of nucleases during the isolation of DNA and RNA.
Useful for the proteolytic inactivation of nucleases during the isolation of DNA and RNA.
Removes endotoxins that bind to cationic proteins such as lysozyme and ribonuclease A.
Reported useful for the isolation of hepatic, yeast, and mung bean mitochondria
Determination of enzyme localization on membranes
Treatment of paraffin embedded tissue sections to expose antigen binding sites for antibody labeling.
Digestion of proteins from brain tissue samples for prions in Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE) research.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Proteinase K is a stable and highly reactive serine protease. Evidence from crystal and molecular structure studies indicates the enzyme belongs to the subtilisin family with an active-site catalytic triad (Asp39-His69-Ser224). It is stable in a broad range of environments: pH, buffer salts, detergents (SDS), and temperature. In the presence of 0.1-0.5% SDS, proteinase K retains activity and will digest a variety of proteins and nucleases in DNA preparations without compromising the integrity of the isolated DNA.

Other Notes

One unit will hydrolyze urea-denatured hemoglobin to produce color equivalent to 1.0 μmole of tyrosine per min at pH 7.5 at 37 °C (color by Folin-Ciocalteu reagent).

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PicoGreen is a registered trademark of Life Technologies

Pictograms

Health hazardExclamation mark
GHS08,GHS07

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H315,H319,H334,H335

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Resp. Sens. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Regulatory Information

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Nikol Jankovska et al.
Biomedicines, 10(3) (2022-03-26)
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), the most common human prion disorder, may occur as "pure" neurodegeneration with isolated prion deposits in the brain tissue; however, comorbid cases with different concomitant neurodegenerative diseases have been reported. This retrospective study examined correlations of clinical
Jessica Varela Villarreal et al.
Journal of microbiological methods, 94(3), 161-169 (2013-07-03)
Molecular techniques, such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and quantitative PCR (qPCR), are very sensitive, but may detect total DNA present in a sample, including extracellular DNA (eDNA) and DNA coming from live and dead cells. DNase I is an
Eva Dvorakova et al.
BMC neurology, 13, 126-126 (2013-09-26)
The accumulation of the misfolded forms of cellular prion protein, i.e. prions (PrPSc), in the brain is one of the crucial characteristics of fatal neurodegenerative disorders, called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). Cellular prion protein is normally linked to the cell
Fangzhong Yuan et al.
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN, 51(1), 219-224 (2013-05-30)
Prion diseases characterize a category of fatal neurodegenerative diseases. Although reports have increasingly shown that oxidative stress plays an important role in the progression of prion diseases, little is known about whether oxidative stress is a cause or a consequence
Yi-sheng Chen et al.
Archives of microbiology, 196(3), 193-199 (2014-02-05)
Lactobacillus plantarum 510, previously isolated from a koshu vineyard in Japan, was found to produce a bacteriocin-like inhibitory substance which was purified and characterized. Mass spectrometry analysis showed that the mass of this bacteriocin is 4,296.65 Da. A partial sequence, NH2-
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