OmniTaq 2 DNA polymerase is a mutant of Taq polymerase that provides strand-displacement and reverse transcriptase activity. It can be used as the sole enzyme in RT-PCR and RT-LAMP assays. In addition, this enzyme provides 2-3x faster PCR and inhibition-resistance. Please note that OmniTaq 2 is only weakly detected in TaqMan assays. If you wish to use OmniTaq2 in TaqMan assays, you will need to use more enzyme or order OmniTaq 2T instead.
Orders ship with 3mL of 10x Taq Mutant Reaction Buffer. 10x RT-LAMP Reaction Buffer may be requested as a replacement for the 10x Taq Mutant Reaction Buffer.
Discovery Publication:
A Single Amino Acid Change to Taq DNA Polymerase Enables Faster PCR, Reverse Transcription and Strand-Displacement. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 2021 8:553474.