Escherichia coli RNA polymerase

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Epicentre is the only commercial source for Escherichia coli RNA polymerase.

Materials

Reaction conditions

For core enzyme

from Epicentre

For sigma saturated holoenzyme

from Epicentre

Functional test

50 μL reaction

  • 1X E. coli RNA polymerase transcription buffer
    • 0.04 M Tris-HCl (pH 7.5)
    • 0.15 M KCl
    • 10 mM MgCl2
    • 0.01% Triton® X-100
  • 2mM DTT
  • 0.25mM NTPs
  • 1μg T7 D111 DNA as template

Assay test

50 μL reaction

  • 1X E. coli RNA polymerase transcription buffer
    • 0.04 M Tris-HCl (pH 7.5)
    • 0.15 M KCl
    • 10 mM MgCl2
    • 0.01% Triton® X-100
  • 10 mM DTT
  • 0.5 mM NTPs
  • 1μg T7 D111 DNA as template