I have tried to change from DTT to TCEP as reducing agent in my PCR but the polymerase (Robust Taq) dies after just 24 hours at room temperature. Does anybody know why this happens or can suggest a solution?
Did you pH your TCEP up? Raw TCEP solution has pH 2.5...
well, I considered that and I measured the pH in complete mixture and it was fine (around 8).
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