The NxGen Phi29 DNA Polymerase sources its enzyme from a recombinant E. coli strain carrying the phi29 DNA polymerase gene from bacteriophage phi29.
1 unit is defined as the amount of polymerase required to convert 0.5 pmol of dNTP's into acid insoluble material in 10 minutes at 30 °C.
The enzyme storage buffer consists of 10 mM Tris-HCl, 100 mM KCl, 0.1 mM EDTA, 1 mM dithiothreitol, 0.5% Tween-20, 0.5% NP-40, 50% glycerol, pH 7.4 @ 25 °C and the 10X phi29 DNA Polymerase Buffer is composed of 500 mM Tris-HCl, 100 mM (NH4)2SO4, 40 mM Dithiothreitol, 100 mM MgCl2, pH 7.5 @ 25 °C.