Terminator™ 5´-Phosphate-Dependent Exonuclease* is a processive 5´ to ;3´ exonuclease that digests RNA that has a 5´-monophosphate end. It does not digest RNA that has a 5´-triphosphate, 5´-cap or 5´-hydroxyl group. Terminator Exonuclease is not inhibited by proteinaceous RNase inhibitors, such as RiboGuard™ RNase Inhibitor or placental ribonuclease inhibitors.

Applications

• Characterise the 5´ termini of RNA transcripts.
• Enrich for mRNA in prokaryotic or eukaryotic total RNA preparations (Figure. 1).

Note: Terminator™ 5´-Phosphate-Dependent Exonuclease has not been optimised for RNA-Sea applications.

Figure 1. A 1-hour Terminator™ Exonuclease reaction digests the large rRNAs in a eukaryotic or prokaryotic total RNA sample, producing an enriched mRNA preparation.

Figure 2. Normal rat kidney (NRK) total RNA before (A) and after (B) Terminator™ Exonuclease treatment. The Terminator Exonuclease-treated RNA was concentrated 10-fold.	Figure 3. Denaturing agarose gel analysis of E. coli total RNA before (-) and after (+) Terminator™ Exonuclease digestion. The Terminator Exonuclease-treated RNA was concentrated 10-fold.

Figure 4. (click to enlarge) Over