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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2006
Thomas C. Evans, Topsfield, MA (US);
Lixin Chen, Beverly, MA (US);
Chudi Guan, Wenham, MA (US);
Rebecca Kucera, Hamilton, MA (US);
Barton Slatko, Ipswich, MA (US);
Romualdas Vaisvila, Ipswich, MA (US);
Thomas C. Evans, Topsfield, MA (US);
Lixin Chen, Beverly, MA (US);
Chudi Guan, Wenham, MA (US);
Rebecca Kucera, Hamilton, MA (US);
Barton Slatko, Ipswich, MA (US);
Romualdas Vaisvila, Ipswich, MA (US);
New England Biolabs, Inc., Ipswich, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and compositions are provided for repairing a polynucleotide so that it can be copied with improved fidelity and/or yield in, for example, an amplification reaction. This involves the use of a reaction mixture that includes a ligase and a cofactor selected from NADor ATP and incubating the polynucleotide with the reaction mixture in the absence of Endonuclease VI. The reaction mixture may further contain an AP endonuclease and a polymerase. If used, these enzymes may be selected according to their ability to withstand high temperatures. For example, the reaction mixture may be used prior to a polynucleotide synthesis reaction in which case enzymes that are not thermophilic may be used. The repair reaction is not time sensitive with respect to seconds, minutes or hours of incubation in the enzyme mixture in as much as the repair is effected rapidly and prolonged incubation is not generally adverse.