i)Oligonucleotideprimersaregenerallysuppliedas"somanyODunits/ml"-butwhatdoesthismean,intermsofmg/ml,ormmol/ml,etc? Given:aprimerisYnucleotides(nt)long; Given:theMWofssDNAis(330daltonspernt)x(lengthinnt)(Sambrooketal.,1989;p.C.1); Given:theconcentrationofprimer(=ssDNA)producinganODof1at254nmina1cmcuvette,is37ug/ml; Then:theMWoftheprimeris330.Ydaltons And:XOD/ml=37.Xug/ml=37.Xmg/l=37.X/330.YmM=37.X.1000/330.YuM B88/77primer-a17-meroligodeoxynucleotide-assuppliedis12.6ODunits/ml.Weneedtomakea5uMstocksolutionforPCR. MW:17x330=5610 Concentration:12.6ODx37ug/ml=466ug/ml=466mg/l=0.466g/l Molarity:0.466/5610=0.000083Molar=83uM Therefore:weneed5ulofoligostocksolutionin83ul(+78ulwater)tomakea5uMsolution(if1ulin83ulgivesa1uMsoln...) ii)CalculationofamountsforPCRreactions:ifweneedafinalconcentrationof0.5uMoligointhePCRreactionmix(finalvolume50ul),weadd5ulof5uMstocktothereactionmix(1/10finaldilution). StocksofnucleotidesforPCR(orotherprocedure)areNEARLYALWAYSdNTPs(deoxynucleotides),andconcentrationsisalmostalwaysgiveninEACHdNTP:thatis,thegivenconcentrationisEACHnucleotideinthemix,NOTthetotalconcentration.Thismeansthata2.5mMdNTPmixforPCRcontains2.5mMofEACHdNTP,and10mMTOTALdNTPs. i)Makeupa2.5mMstocksolutionofdNTPsfromstock100mMindividualdNTPs,suppliedbyPromega: ii)Preparea1mMstockofdNTPswithdTTPsubstitutedto10%(w/w)bydigoxigenin-11-dUTP(DIG-dUTP)foruseasalabellingmixforPCRlabellingofPCRproducts: GIVEN: iii)USEmixmadeaboveat50uMeachdNTPinaPCRreactionmix,finalvolume25ul:Forexample:
Example:
Tomakemastermix:multiplyamountofdNTPperreactionbynumberofreactions.