Product Class: Kit

Quick Ligation™ Kit

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Product Introduction

Quick Ligase will ligate these substrates:

dsDNA

dsDNA substrate for ligase selection:5´ [ straight line ] OH p [ straight line ] 3´3´ [ straight line ] p OH [ straight line ] 5´

dsDNA substrate for ligase selection:5´ [ straight line ] A-OH p [ straight line ] 3´3´ [ straight line ] p OH-T [ straight line ] 5´

dsDNA substrate for ligase selection:5´ [ straight line ] OH p [ straight line ] 3´3´ [ straight line ] p OH [ straight line ] 5´

dsDNA substrate for ligase selection:5´ [ straight line ] OH p [ straight line ] 3´3´ [ straight line ] p OH [ straight line ] 5´ 

Nicked DNA/RNA

Nicked substrate for ligase selection:5´ [ straight line ] OH p [ straight line ] 3´3´ [ straight line ] 5´

Nicked substrate for ligase selection:5´ [ wavy line ] OH p [ straight line ] 3´3´ [ straight line ] 5´


Ligase substrate key with [ black straight line ] DNA and [ red wavy line ] RNA 

 

The Quick Ligation™ Kit enables ligation of cohesive end or blunt end DNA fragments in 5 minutes at room temperature. (25°C )

  • Fast - 5 minutes for cohesive or blunt ends
  • Convenient - ligation performed at room temperature
  • Flexible - suitable for all common ligation reactions
  • This product can be purchased in larger volumes. Submit an inquiry to find out more.
  • Not sure which ligase to choose? Refer to our DNA and RNA Ligase Properties Chart or DNA Ligase Selection Chart
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Catalog # Size Concentration
M2200S 30 reactions
M2200L 150 reactions

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Product Information

Description

The Quick Ligation Kit enables ligation of cohesive end or blunt end DNA fragments in 5 minutes at room temperature . (25°C )

For details on NEB's quality controls for DNA ligases, visit our Ligase Quality page.

 

Figure 1: Ligation time course Ligation time course graph for cohesive and blunt ligation 
LITMUS 28i vector was cut with either EcoRV (blunt) or HindIII (cohesive), treated with calf intestinal phosphatase and gel purified. Blunt inserts from a HaeIII digest of ΦX174 DNA and cohesive inserts from a HindIII digest of λ DNA were ligated into the respective vectors at a 3:1 insert:vector ratio using the Quick Ligation Kit. Ligation products were transformed into chemically competent E. coli DH-5α cells and grown overnight on LB-amp plates at 37°C.

 

1X Quick Ligation Reaction Buffer:
66 mM Tris-HCl
10 mM MgCl2
1 mM Dithiothreitol
1 mM ATP
7.5% Polyethylene glycol (PEG6000)
pH 7.6 @ 25°C

This product is related to the following categories:
DNA Ligases
This product can be used in the following applications:
Cloning Ligation,
Fast Cloning: Accelerate your cloning workflows with reagents from NEB

Kit Components

Kit Components

The following reagents are supplied with this product:

NEB # Component Name Component # Stored at (°C) Amount Concentration
  • NEB # Stored at (°C)
    M2200S -20
    Component Name Component # Stored at (°C) Amount Concentration
    Quick Ligase M2200SVIAL -20 1 x 0.03 ml Not Applicable
    Quick Ligation Reaction Buffer B2200SVIAL -20 1 x 1 ml 2 X
  • NEB # Stored at (°C)
    M2200L -20
    Component Name Component # Stored at (°C) Amount Concentration
    Quick Ligase M2200LVIAL -20 1 x 0.15 ml Not Applicable
    Quick Ligation Reaction Buffer B2200SVIAL -20 4 x 1 ml 2 X

Properties & Usage

Materials Required but not Supplied

Application Features

Cloning into vectors
Library construction
T/A cloning
Linker ligation
Recirculization of linear DNA

Product Notes

  1. Some of the most critical parameters which should be controlled to ensure successful ligation and transformation are addressed below. 
    Cells: Competent cells can vary by several logs in their competence. Perceived ligation efficiency directly correlates to the competence of the cells used for transformation. Always transform uncut vector as a control for comparison purposes. 
    Electroporation: Electroporation can increase transformation efficiency by several logs. Before using the products of a Quick Ligation reaction for electrotransformation, it is necessary to reduce the PEG concentration. We recommend a spin column purification. 
    DNA: Purified DNA for ligations can be dissolved in nuclease-free water; TE or other dilute buffers also work well. For optimum ligation, the volume of DNA and insert should be 10 μl before adding 2X Quick Ligation Buffer. For DNA volumes greater than 10 μl, increase the volume of 2X Quick Ligation Buffer such that it remains 50% of the reaction and correspondingly increase the volume of ligase.
    We recommend a vector amount of 20-30 fmol with an overall concentration of vector + insert between 1-10 ng/μl for efficient ligation. Concentration lower than 1 ng/μL may result in intramolecular ligation/circularization of the fragments. Vector: Insert molar ratios between 1:1 and 1:10 are optimal for single insertions (up to 1:20 for short adaptors). Use NEBioCalculator to calculate molar ratios.
    Time: Most ligations performed using the Quick Ligation™ Kit reach an end point at 5 minutes or less at 25°C. Incubation beyond this time provides no additional benefit. In fact, transformation efficiency starts to decrease after 1 hour and is reduced by up to 75% if the reaction is allowed to go overnight at 25°C. 
    Biology: Some DNA structures, including inverted and tandem repeats, are selected against by E. coli. Some recombinant proteins are not well tolerated by E. coli and can result in poor transformation or small colonies.

Tools & Resources

Selection Charts

Web Tools

FAQs & Troubleshooting

FAQs

  1. What factors can cause incomplete ligation and/or transformation using the Quick Ligation Kit?
  2. Why is my transformation not working and what control reactions should be run?
  3. What is the concentration of T4 DNA Ligase provided in the Quick Ligation Kit?
  4. Can conventional T4 DNA Ligase (400,000 units/ml) be used with the Quick Ligation buffer?
  5. How to calculate the molarity of ends?
  6. The protocol for Quick Ligation Kit indicates the reaction should not be heat inactivated. How can I inactivate the ligation activity?

Quality, Safety & Legal

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Safety DataSheets

The following is a list of Safety Data Sheet (SDS) that apply to this product to help you use it safely.

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