Product Number: PK02                           Solution        Molecular bio grade

Shipping and Storage

Proteinase K solution suggest ship with blue ice.

After opening the package, if keep at 2-8°C for more than one week, it is recommended to sterilize by filtration. PES or PVDF membranes with low protein binding are recommended in sterile filtration.

Description

Proteinase K is a broad-spectrum serine protease originally isolated from fungus Engyodontium album. Proteinase K is commonly used in molecular biological and biopharmaceutical applications to remove protein contamination from preparations of highly native undamaged nucleic acid because it rapidly and effectively inactive nuclease that might degrade the DNA or RNA even in the presence of denaturing reagents. MEBEP recombinant proteinase K is a mutant to the native protease that result in improved specific activity, higher yield and wider range of pH/temperature with optimal activity. The large scale recombinant preparation has advantages in lot-to-lot consistency, superior purity and cost-efficiency. DNA-free nature of recombinant Proteinase K made it well-suited in isolating DNA and RNA templates. Recombinant proteinase K is widely used for general digestion of proteins and Chemo-enzymatic peptide synthesis in molecular biology, molecular diagnostic and biopharmaceutical applications. Proteinase K is one of important enzymes in various industries like leather, cosmetics, food and feed etc.

Quality Control

1. DNase Activity: none detectable enzyme activity with λ DNA after 6 hours incubation at 37°C.
2. RNase Activity: none detectable of ribonuclease activity after 16 hours incubation at 25°C.
3. Protein Purity: > 95% (Native-PAGE and SDS-PAGE assay).

Description

Storage Conditions

• Daily/Weekly use: Store vial at RT
• For long term storage (Infrequent use; 1-2 times per month): 2-4°C
• Expiration date three year of powder and 12 months of sterile liquid

Storage Buffer

20 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.4), 1 mM CaCl2, 50% Glycerol (Dilution buffer without glycerol).

QC Assays

• Unit Definition: One unit is defined as the amount of enzyme that will liberate 1 μmol of tyrosine per minute at 37ºC, pH7.5.
• DNase Activity: None detectable enzyme activity with λ DNA after 6 hrs incubation at 37ºC.
• RNase Activity: None detectable ribonuclease activity after 16 hrs incubation at 25ºC.

Applications

Proteinase K is a broad substrate non-specific serine proteinase. It is very stable at pH 4-12. It was used on isolating mRNA, genomic DNA and digesting unwanted proteins during DNA and RNA preparations from different kinds of cells. It’s been used on glycoprotein modification and protein structure studies also. Proteinase K is active with SDS, urea and EDTA.

Proteinase K is used for the isolation of native high molecular genomic nucleic acids. Enzymes like DNases and RNases from microorganisms and mammalian cells are rapidly inactivated by Proteinase K.
Adding Proteinase K already during the cell lysis enables the isolation of highly native undamaged high molecular DNA or RNA. A variety of methods have been established, which are documented in numerous publications.

Recently, Proteinase K has been used for the detection of BSE forming proteins which are uniquely resistant towards the enzyme’s proteolytic cleavage.
Proteinase K is very useful in the analysis of membrane structure by means of modification of proteins and glycoproteins on cell surfaces.
Because of the cleavage specificity Proteinase K, characteristic fragments of proteins are obtained which are helpful in revealing the structure and function of proteins, particularly enzymes.

Other Names

• Proteinase K
• endopeptidase K
• Tritirachium alkaline proteinase
• Tritirachium album proteinase K
• Tritirachium album serine proteinase

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