LIFE09200604007 Tabish - Homi Bhabha National Institute
LIFE09200604007 Tabish - Homi Bhabha National Institute
LIFE09200604007 Tabish - Homi Bhabha National Institute
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Materials and Methods<br />
viz. EXO-SAP purification, SNaPshot reaction and Post SNaPshot purification. For<br />
PCR product purification EXOI and SAP enzymes are required. EXO-I (Exonuclease-I)<br />
is an enzyme with 5' to 3' exonuclease activity which helps clearing off the short singlestranded<br />
primers. SAP (Shrimp alkaline phosphatase) is a hydrolase enzyme<br />
responsible for dephosphorylation of nucleotides thereby hampering their migration and<br />
preventing their competition with ddNTPs in the SNaPshot reaction.<br />
EXO-SAP purification: This step deals with the purifications of PCR products as it<br />
contains free, unused dNTPs, primer and primer-dimers. It is important to get rid of<br />
these unwanted materials to avoid non-specific addition of ddNTPs resulting in false<br />
positive peaks in the SNaPshot electropherogram and these may also result in<br />
quenching of the signals.<br />
Reaction mixture for EXO-SAP purification<br />
Component Vol. (μl) Final concentration<br />
EXO-I (1 U/μl) 0.1 0.01 U<br />
SAP (1 U/μl) 1 0.1 U<br />
PCR-buffer (10X) 1 1<br />
D/W 1.9 -<br />
Product 6 -<br />
Total 10 -<br />
Thermal-cycler program for EXO-SAP purification<br />
Step Temperature (⁰C) Duration<br />
Enzyme activity 37 2 h<br />
Enzyme deactivation 72 15 min<br />
Reaction end 4 30 min<br />
SNaPshot reaction: In this step, single base extension of the primer takes place.<br />
Purified PCR product was added in a reaction mixture containing ready reaction mix<br />
(contains fluorescently labelled ddNTPs with a different label for each of the 4<br />
ddNTPs, DNA polymerase and essential buffers) and SNaPshot primers.<br />
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