KAPATaq DNA Polymerase 500U

KAPATaq DNA Polymerase is the single-subunit Taq DNA polymerase enzyme from the thermophilic bacterium Thermus aquaticus, purified from recombinant Escherichia coli. Taq polymerizes DNA from a primer annealed to a DNA template in the presence of deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates. Taq possesses 5'→3' polymerase activity, as well as double-strand dependent 5'→3' exonuclease activity. The enzyme lacks 3'→5' exonuclease activity and therefore does not possess a proofreading function.

The fidelity of the Taq is in the range of 2.5 x 10^-5 errors per nucleotid incorporation event, or an average of 4.0 x 10⁴ nucleotides incorporated before an error occurs.

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