AnyFusion® Protocol
1. Vector preparation
1) Cut the vector to linearize. Single or double cuts do not make any difference in cloning results. Complete digestion is crucial.
2) Heat-inactivate the restriction enzyme(s) used if it is heat-labile. If it is heat-resistant, use a PCR clean-up kit to remove the enzyme(s)
3) Use distilled water to adjust the vector concentration. 10~100ng of the linearized vector is used for AnyFusion® reaction.
2. Insert preparation
1) Perform PCR using Pfu polymerase (See Fig.3 for designing the primer). If the PCR template is a plasmid containing the same antibiotic resistance gene as the cloning vector, it can make a cloning background. To reduce it, pre-cutting the template vector before PCR is recommended.
2) If the PCR result shows only a specific product, no purification is needed. Otherwise, agarose gel purification is recommended. For cloning multiple inserts, purification using a PCR clean-up kit or through agarose gel electrophoresis is recommended. 10~100ng of the insert is used for AnyFusion® reaction.
[Designing PCR primers]
1. The 14 nucleotides homologous to the cloning vector is needed. The 10 nucleotides in length shows ~80% cloning efficiency.
2. To regenerate the restriction enzyme site, include the nucleotides in ( ) in Fig.3 to the primer sequence.