TE buffer

<h2 id="recipe">Recipe</h2>
<p>A typical recipe for making 1X TE buffer is:
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<ul><li>10 mM <a href="/facts/Tris/m4sonDo5">Tris</a>, bring to pH 8.0 with <a href="/facts/HCl/7Wzkhomd">HCl</a></li>
<li>1 mM <a href="/facts/EDTA/XvHgKQyD">EDTA</a>, bring to pH 8.0 with <a href="/facts/NaOH/xjtdYtq7">NaOH</a></li></ul>
<p>TE buffer is also known as  T10E1 buffer, which can be read as "T ten E one buffer".
To make a 100 ml solution of T10E1 buffer, 1 ml of 1 M Tris base (pH 10–11) and 0.2 ml EDTA (0.5 M) are mixed and made up with double distilled water up to 100ml. Add microliter amounts of high molarity HCl to lower the pH to 8.
</p><p>Based on <a href="/facts/Nuclease/79mnW28W">nuclease</a> studies from the 1980s, the <a href="/facts/PH/RnSv8D7y">pH</a> is usually adjusted to 7.5 for <a href="/facts/RNA/HxPeNfNj">RNA</a> and 8.0 for <a href="/facts/DNA/nB89Iauz">DNA</a>. The respective DNA and RNA nucleases are supposed to be less active at these pH values, but pH 8.0 can safely be used for storage of both DNA and RNA .
</p><p><a href="/facts/EDTA/XvHgKQyD">EDTA</a> further inactivates <a href="/facts/DNase/pUMlmkQv">DNase</a>, by binding to metal cations required by this enzyme.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>
</p><p>Genomic and plasmid DNA can be stored in TE Buffer at 4 °C (39.2 °F) for short-term use, or -20 °C (-4 °F) to -80 °C (-112 °F) for long-term storage.  Repeated freeze-thaw cycles should be avoided.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
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<h2 id="low-te-or-te-low-edta">Low TE or TE Low EDTA</h2>
<p>The operation of the TE buffer is based on <a href="/facts/Chelating/4G79sXBB">chelating</a> metal <a href="/facts/Cations/wrbwhF3z">cations</a> such as <a href="/facts/Magnesium/XyIhd2FG">Mg2+</a>. The problem is that the <a href="/facts/Polymerase_chain_reaction/G0jWzJy1">PCR</a> <a href="/facts/Polymerase/hN2ECr7B">polymerase</a> also requires <a href="/facts/Magnesium/XyIhd2FG">Mg2+</a> to function, so if the amount of EDTA is too high it can affect the PCR. There is a version of TE buffer with 10 times less amount of EDTA that is very frequently used for the forensic STR kits. Due to the use of kits with multiplex amplification, it is necessary to have a lower amount of EDTA in the sample so as not to interfere with the <a href="/facts/Magnesium/XyIhd2FG">Mg2+</a> present in the reaction. If regular TE buffer is used to dilute the sample, an imbalance will be observed in the DNA profile, while Low TE will have a better balance. The Low TE buffer or TE Low EDTA buffer is composed of 10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0) + 0.1 mM EDTA.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/LB_buffer/cJK9T6TW">LB buffer</a>, lithium borate buffer, a similar buffer containing lithium ions in place of Tris</li>
<li><a href="/facts/TAE_buffer/Embv1Xpu">TAE buffer</a> and <a href="/facts/TBE_buffer/RmYhCdGd">TBE buffer</a> are often used in procedures involving nucleic acids, the most common being electrophoresis.</li></ul>

<p>ph7.4 TE buffer=100mM/L Tris(pH7.4)+10mM/L EDTA(pH8.0)
from Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://openwetware.org/wiki/TE_buffer">"OpenWetWare: TE buffer"</a>. Retrieved July 2, 2006.</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Yagi N, Satonaka K, Horio M, Shimogaki H, Tokuda Y, Maeda S (1996). "The role of DNase and EDTA on DNA degradation in formaldehyde fixed tissues". Biotechnic & Histochemistry. 71 (3): 123–129. doi:10.3109/10520299609117148. PMID 8724437. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Ross; Haites, Kelly (1990). "Repeated freezing and thawing of peripheral blood and DNA in suspension: effects on DNA yield and integrity". Journal of Medical Genetics. 27 (9): 569–570. doi:10.1136/jmg.27.9.569. PMC 1017219. PMID 2231649. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1017219" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1017219</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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