Cresol Red (Na salt) is a very convenient dye. At a concentration of about 0.2mM it is compatible with restriction digestion, PCR, sequencing. It may be used as marker for electrophoresis; the color of the dye is pH-dependent (red, if pH>7.5; yellow, if pH <7.0). It is possible to use Cresol Red as pH-indicator (i) for denaturation of double-stranded DNA in sequencing, (ii) for silica-purification of DNA from agarose gel. filter sterililize; no DEPC treatment. Preparation of dNTP's. The quick protocol for ~100mM stock. dilute all four dNTP's (250mg of each) in 3.676ml of H2O; + 424µl 5M NaOH; check the pH: ~0.5µl on pH-paper.
Accurate protocol for 100mM stocks preparation. add the necessary quantity (see table) of H2O and Tris base 1M (it is possible to take the volume of salt as ~150µl); MwV(H2O)V(Tris base 1M)V(final)dATPC10H14N5O12P3Na2x3H2O589.23.24ml850 µl4.24mldGTPC10H13N5O13P3Na3x2H2O609.23.55ml400 µl4.10mldCTPC9H13N3O13P3Na3x2H2O569.13.44ml800 µl4.39mldTTPC10H14N2O14P3Na3x2H2O584.13.73ml400 µl4.28ml check the pH: ~0.5µl on pH-paper; check the quality and concentration (it is useful to take final dilution 1:5000 (~20µM). In this case the optical density will be in the region of Am~0.3 - the most accurate range for spectrophotometer). Concentration is c[mM]=k1:5000xAm.
Quality: dATPpH 7.0A250/A260=0.80+0.03A280/A260=0.12+0.02dCTPpH 2.0(!)A250/A260=0.45+0.03A280/A260=2.10+0.15A290/A260=1.60+0.10dGTPpH 7.5A250/A260=1.18+0.04A280/A260=0.67+0.03A290/A260=0.28+0.03dTTPpH 7.5A250/A260=0.65+0.03A280/A260=0.73+0.03Concentration: MwAmpHEk (for 1:5000)dATP[Na2]589.22597.015.2x103328.9dGTP[Na3]609.22537.513.7x103365.0dCTP[Na3]569.12802.0 (!!!)13.0x103384.6dTTP[Na3]584.12677.59.6x103520.8 ATP [Na4]595.1259 15.4x103 CTP [Na4]571.1280 13.0x103 GTP [Na4]611.1252 13.7x103 UTP [Na4]572.1262 10.2x103 Concentration: c[M]=Amax/E; Amax = maximum of absorption. EDTA is not soluble at acidic pH; it is necessary to add alkali gradually and to control pH; do not treat by DEPC. soluble in H2O, EtOH, chloroform; concerning carcinogenic properties of EtBr. The only data that we found in the literature is that in mutagenic test (on bacteria) 90µg of EtBr gave the same results as the smoke concentrate from one cigarette. sterilize by autoclaving. |