RNAse mimic
R-mimTM, 0.1 mM solution in water
| Catalog # | Pack size | Price, Euro | SHOP |
| 808001 | 0,1 ml | 40,00 | Add to cart |
| 808002 | 1 ml | 200,00 | Add to cart |
| 808003 | 10 ml | 1600,00 | Add to cart |
Datasheet: RNase mimic
RNAse mimic is a chemically synthesized organic molecule capable to cleave RNA in RNAseA-like manner (1)
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R-mimTM molecule designed so, that it imitates the action of RNAseA, digesting RNA mainly at CpA and UpA sequences in single-stranded stretches of RNA. Due to the low molecular weight R-mimTM may penetrate the secondary structure of RNA, RNA-protein complexes, viral particles and living cells. As compared to enzymes, it withstands a wide range of conditions and do not perturb the object of action. In contrast to other RNAse-mimetics, R-mimTM doesn't contain metal ions and therefore does not inhibit enzymes used in molecular biology manipulations (Taq DNA polymerase, restriction endonucleases, polynucleotidekinase etc.).
MW: 693.60
Purity: 95% (H1-NMR)
R-mimTM chemical structure:
R-mimTM gives only highly reproducible results!
R-mimTM has several advantages on the natural RNAseA preparations, namely:
- no unspecific impurities.
- no ballast protein.
- specific activity does not vary from lot to lot.
- the preparation is pure from other RNAses; very high stability; no inhibition by heating, high salt concentrations (including GuSCN), organic impurities (including phenol).
- no degradation by proteases.
- easy to separate from proteins, DNA, RNA.
Use R-mimTM for:
- the study of RNA secondary structure
- the study of RNA-protein interaction.
- the cleavage of RNA within the cell, viral particles, RNA-protein complexes.
- digestion of RNA in bulk quantities.
1 molecule of R-mimTM catalyzes the digestion of 150-170 of phosphodiether bonds in RNA for 60 min at 25°C. We recommend using 0,01 mM concentration of R-mim in your experiments.
Storage and shipment:
room temperature
ATTENTION: DO NOT FREEZE THE PRODUCT
The following points are to be considered when RNase mimic is used:
- the concentration of RNA should not be higher than 0,5mg/ml;
- the majority of tests with RNA digestions were done on purified tRNA and viral RNA (both successful), not too much experimets were performed with other types of RNA;
- presence of excess of small RNA molecules may reduce strongly the effectivity of digestion.
Reference: 1. Giege R. at al. (2000), Methods in Enzymology, v.318, p.147


