General Lab Buffer Recipes

Proteinase K

10mg/ml in 10mM Tris HCl pH 7.5

ProK100mg
1M Tris pH7.5 100µl
Clean H2O9.9ml


Mix the Tris and water then add to the pot of ProK, shake until resuspended, aliquot into 1ml (in an eppie) and store at -20°C

1M Tris-HCL pH 7.5 or 8 (1L)

Tris HCl (mw 121.1)121g
Clean H2O800ml


Adjust pH to 7.5 or 8 using hydrochloric acid and then top up to one litre.

0.5M EDTA pH 8.0 (500ml)

EDTA (mw 372.24)93.06g
Clean H2O 250ml

Adjust pH to 8 with NaOH pellets (you will need about about 20 g) or NaOH solution. When pH gets close the EDTA will dissolve, top up to 500ml with water.

RNAse A Solution

RNAse A100mg
1M Tris pH7.5 100µl
Clean H2O9.9ml

AFter Aliqouting 1ml per eppie heat @98oC for 5 minutes to remove any DNAses.

10% w/v SDS (sodium dodecyl sulphate) 500ml

SDS (mw 288.4)50g
Clean H2O500ml

Do not autoclave as polymers form.

Elution Buffer (500ml)

10mM Tris-Cl, pH 8.5

1M Tris-HCl pH 8.55ml
Clean H2O495ml