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Authenticase®
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Product Introduction

Mechanism of Authenticase

Mixture of structure-specific nucleases capable of recognizing and cleaving outside mismatches and indels

  • Recognizes indels (insertions and/or deletions) as well as single base mismatches: C/C, T/C, A/C, T/G, G/G, T/T and A/A
  • Applications:
    • Error-correction in oligonucleotide synthesis
    • Mismatch Detection Assay
  • Learn more about how Authenticase can enhance error correction during gene synthesis in our NEB Inspired blog post.
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Catalog # Size Concentration
M0689S 25 reactions
M0689L 125 reactions

Product Information

Description

Authenticase is a proprietary mixture of structure-specific nucleases capable of recognizing and cleaving outside mismatch and indel (insertion and/or deletion) regions, ranging from 1-10 basepairs (bp) on double-stranded DNA. The formulation has limited non-specific activity on homoduplex regions of DNA.  Authenticase can be used as an error-correction reagent in oligo-based PCR gene assembly by enzymatically removing “mistakes” prior to the final renaturation and amplification step (i.e. removes mismatch/indel errors caused by oligonucleotide synthesis). Alternatively, Authenticase can replace T7 Endonuclease I in the mismatch detection assay used to assess the efficiency of genome editing.

Figure 1: Mechanism of Authenticase

Mechanism of Authenticase

Authenticase cleaves dsDNA carrying mismatches or indels, leaving either 3′ or 5′ overhangs.


Figure 2: Applications of Authenticase

Mechanisms of Authenticase applications: error correction during gene synthesis and mismatch detection assay to estimate genome editing efficacy

Authenticase is a mixture of structure-specific nucleases capable of recognizing and cleaving outside mismatch and indel (insertion and/or deletion) regions, ranging from 1–10 basepairs (bp) on double-stranded DNA. The formulation has limited non-specific activity on homoduplex regions of DNA. Authenticase can be used as an error-correction reagent in oligo-based PCR gene assembly by enzymatically removing “mistakes” prior to the final renaturation and amplification step. Alternatively, Authenticase can replace T7 Endonuclease I in the mismatch detection assay used to assess the efficiency of genome editing (S1 is the starting material.  P1 and P2 are products of Authenticase digestion.).


Figure 3: Authenticase reduces error rate as compared to CorrectASE™

Comparison of error rate for Authenticase, CorrectASE™ and untreated samples

Sixteen oligonucleotides (ranging in size from 50–60 nucleotides) were synthesized by IDT® Inc. and used to amplify an MBD gene (645 bp). PCR amplicons were processed further to reduce the error frequency in fragments, as suggested in the manual. Error-corrected fragments were cloned into vectors using NEBuilder® HiFi DNA Assembly Cloning Kit (NEB #E5520) and colonies were isolated from selective plates (LB +amp). 12 DNA plasmids were purified from each set of experiments (12 E. coli colonies per set: 1) No enzyme treatment; 2) Treatment with Authenticase and 3) treatment with CorrectASE™) followed by Sanger DNA sequencing. Authenticase reduces the error rate from 1 out of 645 bases to 1 out of 1935 bases as compared to CorrectASE which was 1 out of 1,419 bases.


FIgure 4: Detection of mutations by Authenticase versus T7 Endonuclease I

Bar graph depicting mutation detection for Authenticase as compared to T7 Endonuclease I

Mismatch detection comparisons were performed using Authenticase or T7 Endonuclease I. Pools of heteroduplex DNA with a variety of mismatches or indels (e.g. A/C mismatch, T/T mismatch, 2-bp indel, etc.) were artificially created by mixing sequence-defined PCR amplicons followed by heating and re-annealing. Thus, heteroduplex substrates with pre-set mutation frequencies (around 21–25% mutant and 75–79% WT) were established for each variant tested. Mismatch cleavage by Authenticase or T7 Endo I was performed and the reaction products were resolved on an Agilent® Bioanalyzer®. The estimated mutation frequency (% cleavage) was calculated based on the molarity of the observed cleavage products and starting substrate and then graphed with the expected ratio shown as a solid black reference line. Authenticase performs as well or better than T7 Endonuclease I. Authenticase outperforms T7 Endonuclease I if the types of mutations in the population are single base or 2-bp mutation . Authenticase performs as well as T7 Endonuclease I if the types of mutations in the population are indels (insertions/deletions) or more than 3-bp mutations.
This product is related to the following categories:
Validation of CRISPR-based Gene Editing,
DNA Repair Enzymes and Structure-specific Endonucleases,

Reagents Supplied

Reagents Supplied

The following reagents are supplied with this product:

NEB # Component Name Component # Stored at (°C) Amount Concentration
  • NEB # Stored at (°C)
    M0689S -20
    Component Name Component # Stored at (°C) Amount Concentration
    Authenticase® M0689SVIAL -20 1 x 0.025 ml 25 reactions
    Authenticase DNA Annealing Buffer B2831SVIAL -20 1 x 0.7 ml 5 X
    Authenticase Reaction Buffer B2832SVIAL -20 1 x 0.5 ml 10 X
  • NEB # Stored at (°C)
    M0689L -20
    Component Name Component # Stored at (°C) Amount Concentration
    Authenticase® M0689LVIAL -20 1 x 0.125 ml 125 reactions
    Authenticase DNA Annealing Buffer B2831SVIAL -20 1 x 0.7 ml 5 X
    Authenticase Reaction Buffer B2832SVIAL -20 1 x 0.5 ml 10 X

Properties & Usage

Reaction Conditions

1X Authenticase Reaction Buffer
Incubate at 42°C

1X Authenticase Reaction Buffer
10 mM Tris-HCl
10 mM MgCl2
100 µg/ml Recombinant Albumin
(pH 8 @ 25°C)

Storage Buffer

10 mM Tris-HCl
500 mM NaCl
1 mM Dithiothreitol
0.1 mM EDTA
50% Glycerol
pH 7.4 @ 25°C

Heat Inactivation

No

Features

  • Reduces number of colonies that need to be screened and saves time
  • Can replace T7 Endonuclease I in mismatch detection assay

Tools & Resources

Selection Charts

FAQs & Troubleshooting

FAQs

  1. What reaction conditions were used to define Authenticase®?
  2. How does Authenticase® improve the quality and fidelity of PCR gene assembly?
  3. How do I convert my gene of interest into oligonucleotides?
  4. Why do you recommend setting up two tubes for the PCR reaction containing different amounts of Authenticase®-treated samples as templates?
  5. Can I use Authenticase® for genome editing applications?
  6. Does Authenticase® recognize single base pair mismatches or indels (insertions/deletions)?
  7. What common additives inhibit Authenticase®?
  8. What PCR reagents are recommended for DNA amplification in genome editing (CRISPR/Cas9, TALEN, ZFN) mismatch detection assays?
  9. Can I use Authenticase® genome editing (CRISPR/Cas9, TALEN, ZFN) mismatch detection assays with unpurified PCR products?
  10. What size PCR amplicon should I design to analyze the genomic editing efficiency?
  11. If my PCR reaction yield is low, can I add more than 5 µl of the PCR reaction to the digestion reaction?
  12. Why do I see an extra band when I run the undigested heteroduplex on a Bioanalyzer or agarose gel?
  13. What are the differences between Mismatch Endonuclease I (NEB #M0678) and Authenticase (NEB #M0689)?

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