Restriction Enzymes Hin6I / HinP1I / Hhal

A restriction enzyme or restriction endonuclease is defined as a protein that recognizes a specific, short nucleotide sequence and cuts the DNA only at or near that site, known as restriction site or target sequence. The four most common types of restriction enzymes include: Type I (cleaves at sites remote from a recognition site), Type II (cleaves within or at short specific distances from a recognition site), Type III (cleave at sites a short distance from a recognition site), and Type IV (targets modified DNA- methylated, hydroxymethylated and glucosyl-hydroxymethylated DNA). The most common challenges with restriction digest include- 1. inactivation of the enzyme, 2. incomplete or no digestion, and 3. unexpected cleavage. The enzyme should always be stored at -20C and multiple freeze-thaw cycles should be avoided in order to maintain optimal activity. Always use a control DNA digestion with the enzyme to ensure adequate activity (to avoid interference due to high glycerol in the enzyme). For complete digestion, make sure that the enzyme volume is 1/10th of the total reaction volume, the optimal temperature is constantly maintained throughout the reaction, the total reaction time is appropriately calculated based on the amount of DNA to be digested, appropriate buffers should be used to ensure maximal enzymatic activity, and in case of a double digest, make sure that the two restriction sites are far enough so that the activity of one enzyme cannot interfere with the activity of the other. Star activity (or off-target cleavage) and incomplete cleavage are potential challenges which may occur due to suboptimal enzymatic conditions or inappropriate enzyme storage. To avoid these, follow the recommended guidelines for storage and reactions, and always check for the efficacy of digestion along with purification of digested products on an agarose gel.

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FastDigest HhaI

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Protocol tips
Three independent fingerprints were generated for Bacteria and Fungi with HaeIII (BsuRI), FastDigest HhaI (both Fermentas/Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham), and MspI (New England Biolabs), respectively, while archaeal PCR products were digested only with BstUI (Fermentas/Thermo Fisher Scientific). The incubations were run for 4 h at 37 °C. The reactions were stopped by freezing at -20 °C. The DNA was then precipitated with 5 volumes of 95% (v/v) ethanol and 0.1 volumes of 3 M sodium acetate (pH 4.6) at −20 °C for 30 min. After centrifugation with 14 000 g for 30 min at 4 °C, the DNA pellets were washed with 100 μL ice-cold 70% (v/v) ethanol and centrifuged again for 10 min. The pellets were then air-dried, dissolved in 30 μL sample loading solution and supplied with internal standard 600 (both Beckman Coulter, Brea).
Downstream tips
The DNA fragments were size-separated by capillary electrophoresis (CEQ™ 8800; Beckman Coulter).
Protocol tips
Genomic DNA (500 ng) was digested with 50 U of HpaII, HhaI, MspI (TaKaRa), or McrBC (New England Biolabs) overnight at 37°C in 50 μl of the recommended buffers. The digested DNA was recovered by standard ethanol precipitation and dissolved in 10 μl of TE (10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0), 1 mM EDTA). Note that the amount of DNA used for digestion is dependent on the number of amplicons to be tested. For smaller amount of DNA, use of appropriate carriers would be helpful to ensure efficient recovery.
HinP1I NEB#R0124

New England BioLabs

Protocol tips
RFLP typing used the enzyme HinP1I (NEB): 6 μl of the PCR product was added to 0.4 μl 10× NEB buffer 2, 0.3 μl HinP1I (NEB), and 3.3 μl H2O and then digested at 37°C for 4 h.
Downstream tips
A single representative clone of each RFLP type was amplified for sequencing using the protocol above and substituting Expand high-fidelity polymerase (Roche) for Taq DNA polymerase.
Hin6I (HinP1I) (10 U/µL)

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Protocol tips
5-15 μl of the PCR products were digested with BsuRI, Hin6I, and HphI (Thermo Scientific) in 20 μl volumes. The samples were incubated at 37°C for 1-2 hours, and the enzymes were then inactivated with ten-minute incubation at 80°C. The digests were analyzed on 2.5–3% agarose gel.
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