RNase A, bovine pancreas  (Synonyms: Ribonuclease A; EC 3.1.27.5; RNase A)

Ribonuclease A (EC 3.1.27.5) cleaves RNA 3′ to pyrimidines and actively cleaves RNA at every pyrimidine residue. Ribonuclease A catalyzes the hydrolysis of single stranded RNA in the absence of metal ions or cofactors^[1][2][3].

A major application of RNase A is the removal of RNA from plasmid DNA preparations.

Preparation of RNase A stock solution
1. Use 10 mM sodium acetate (pH 5.2) to prepare 10 mg/mL RNase A stock solution;
2. Heat at 100 ℃ for 15 min;
3. Cool to room temperature, add 1/10（v/v） of 1 M Tris-HCl（pH 7.4）, adjust the pH to 7.4;
4. The solution can be stored at 20 ℃ for 2 years.
Note: When the RNase A solution is boiled under neutral conditions, RNase precipitate will form; if it is boiled at a lower pH, any precipitation may be caused by the presence of protein impurities. At this time, the precipitate can be removed by high-speed centrifugation (13 000 rpm).

MedChemExpress (MCE) has not independently confirmed the accuracy of these methods. They are for reference only.

9001-99-4

Solid

White to off-white

[RNase A, bovine pancreas]

Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere.

Please store the product under the recommended conditions in the Certificate of Analysis.

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  [2]. Brown D, Pasloske BL. Ribonuclease-resistant RNA controls and standards. Methods Enzymol. 2001;341:648-54.  [Content Brief]

  [3]. Wallace JA, Shen JK. Predicting pKa values with continuous constant pH molecular dynamics. Methods Enzymol. 2009;466:455-75.  [Content Brief]