Covalent attachment of DNA to agarose. Improved synthesis and use in affinity chromatography.
DNA has been covalently linked to insoluble matrices of agarose (Sepharose) in high yield using cyanogen bromide activation. Both double-stranded and single-stranded DNA have been coupled with yields up to 225 nmol/mg dry weight Sepharose or 3-8 mumol nucleotide phosphate/ml bed volume. The DNA-Sepharose has been used for (a) the affinity chromatography of various enzymes (Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I and RNA polymerase) from crude extracts or after initial purification steps, resulting in high yields and degrees of purification, and for (b) nucleic acid hybridization. The DNA-Sepharose is stable to high temperature, prolonged storage, and in the case of single-stranded DNA, can be washed with NaOH to destroy nuclease activity and to release any digested oligonucleotides or mononucleotides.
D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002417:Cattle; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity / Q000379:methods*; D003488:Cyanogen Bromide; D004247:DNA; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004355:Drug Stability; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology; D007700:Kinetics; D009691:Nucleic Acid Denaturation; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D011134:Polysaccharides; D012685:Sepharose; D013696:Temperature; D013950:Thymus Gland; D013997:Time Factors
D011134:Polysaccharides; D004247:DNA; D012685:Sepharose; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; D003488:Cyanogen Bromide