: Tth DNA polymerase is a thermostable DNA polymerase derived from the thermophilic bacteria Thermus thermophilus (Tth) HB8. The enzyme has a reverse transcriptase activity in addition to a 5’→3’ polymerase activity and a double strand…
Feature:
Description:
Tth DNA polymerase is a thermostable DNA polymerase derived from the thermophilic bacteria Thermus thermophilus (Tth) HB8.
The enzyme has a reverse transcriptase activity in addition to a 5’→3’ polymerase activity and a double strand specific 5’→ 3’ exonuclease activity in the presence of Mn2+ ions. Therefore, this enzyme enables "one-step RT-PCR" including the reverse transcription and PCR steps. Kits for one-step RT-PCR (Code No. TYB-PCR-311F) and real-time PCR (Code No. TYB-QRT-101, 201) using this enzyme are also available.
APPLICATIONS
SOURCE:
E. coli strain carrying the cloned Taq DNA polymerase gene from Thermus thermophilus (Tth) HB8.
UNIT DEFINITION:
One unit is defined as the amount of enzyme that will incorporate 10 nmoles of dNTP into an acid insoluble material in 30 min at 75ºC.
STORAGE CONDITION:
COMPONENTS:
This reagent includes the following components for 100-200 reactions;
rTth DNA Polymerase (5U/µL)
10 x Buffer (Mg buffer)
Dilution buffer
2mM dNTPs
TYPICAL PCR REACTION SETUP
Normal PCR
| Component | Volume | Final Concentration |
| 10x Buffer | 5 mL/td> | 1× |
| 2mM dNTPs | 5 mL | 0.2 mM each |
| 10 pmol/ul Primer #1 | 1.0 mL | 0.2 mM |
| 10 pmol/ul Primer #2 | 1.0 mL | 0.2 mM |
| Template DNA | X mL | Genomic DNA 10~1000 ng/50 µL Plasmid DNA 1~50 ng/50 µL cDNA ~200 ng (RNA equiv.)/50 µL |
| PCR grade water | Y mL | |
| Diluted rTth DNA polymerase (1.0U/µL) | 1.25-2.5 mL | 1.25-2.5 U / 50 µL |
| Total reaction volume | 50 mL |
*Extension time should be set at 1 min per 1 kb of target le

Distinct and specific amplified bands from 180 bp to 1.3 kb were observed with rTth DNA polymerase by 1% agarose gel electrophoresis.
The single-enzyme RT-PCR with rTth DNA polymerase gave distinct amplification bands, whereas RT-PCR with M-MLV reverse transcriptase and rTaq DNA polymerase gave very faint bands.


