sparQ DNA Frag & Library Prep Kit
- High quality libraries in 2.5 hours from 1 ng – 1 μg of input DNA
- Tunable and reproducible fragmentation size range
- Simple, convenient 2-step workflow with minimal hands-on time
- Novel chemistry and high-fidelity amplification minimizing bias
- Superior sequence coverage uniformity and low duplication rate
sparQ DNA Frag & Library Prep Kit is intended for molecular biology applications. This product is not intended for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of a disease.
sparQ DNA Frag & Library Prep Kit
Description
The sparQ DNA Frag & Library Prep Kit is optimized for enzymatic fragmentation of DNA and streamlined construction of high quality libraries for sequencing on Illumina NGS® platforms. The simple, convenient 2-step workflow can be completed in 2.5 hours with minimal hands-on time and accommodates DNA input amounts from 1 ng to 1000 ng. The DNA fragmentation and polishing reactions are combined in a single step to generate 5'-phosphorylated and 3'-dA-tailed fragments. This is followed by high efficiency adapter ligation in the same tube. PCR-Free workflows are enabled from 100 ng of starting material. If library amplification is required, the HiFi PCR Master Mix and Primer Mix ensure even amplification with minimal bias.
NGS Automation
Quantabio sparQ Frag & Library Prep Kit can be fully automated
Currently sparQ Frag & Library Prep Kit is supported by the following vendors:
| Vendor | Automation Platform(s) |
| PerkinElmer Applied Genomics | SCICLONE G3 NGSx |
| Tecan | DreamPrep® NGS |
| Beckman Coulter | in development |
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sparQ UDI Adapter Resources
Setting up sparQ Library Prep kits in Illumina Experiment Manager
sparQ NGS Library Prep Solutions
The sparQ kit safeguards samples from over fragmentation and routinely provides more consistent fragment size. Once optimized, I had peace of mind knowing my samples were safe when I got busy in the lab.
Details
sparQ DNA Frag & Library Prep Kit contains:
- DNA Frag & Polishing Enzyme Mix (5X)
- DNA Frag & Polishing Buffer (10X)
- DNA Frag Enhancer Solution
- DNA Ligase
- DNA Rapid Ligation Buffer
- HiFi PCR Master Mix (2X)
- Primer Mix
Performance Data
Fragmentation time course
sparQ DNA Frag & Library Prep Kit is tunable to the desired fragment size. 100 ng Human gDNA was subjected to fragmentation with a series of incubation time points (3 – 18 min). After fragmentation, DNA samples were purified and then visualized using Agilent High Sensitivity DNA Kit.
Streamlined workflow
The streamlined workflow utilizes a proprietary enzyme mix that integrates tunable and reproducible fragmentation with DNA polishing simplifying library construction. The same single reaction tube is used to proceed to adapter ligation and cleanup, minimizing sample transfer steps. A second tube is used for workflows requiring PCR amplification, and a final tube receives the sequencing-ready library.
Fragmentation tuning guide
Simply select the desired fragment size and input DNA amount. If input DNA falls between values displayed on the graph, an estimate can be used for optimizing fragmentation times.
Yield comparison
sparQ DNA Frag & Library Prep Kit shows significantly higher NGS library preparation efficiency. Libraries with 300 bp average DNA fragments from 100 ng of gDNA Coriell NA12878 were prepared using sparQ DNA Frag & Library Prep Kit and a commercial kit. Manufactures’ manuals were carefully followed. Amplified libraries (5 cycles of amplification) were quantified by Qubit fluorometric quantitation method
Genome coverage analysis
Library prepared using sparQ DNA Frag & Library Prep Kit resulted in uniform coverage across the wide range of GC-content. Libraries were prepared using different DNA fragmentation and library preparation kits with 1 ng or 100 ng of microbial gDNA followed by sequencing on Illumina MiSeq. 2 million reads from each tested library were down-sampled and analyzed. Coverage uniformity against GC-content bias resulting from different DNA fragmentation and library preparation kits were compared by plotting normalized coverage for a wide GC-content.
Libraries prepared using PCR-free workflow of sparQ DNA Frag & Library Prep Kit with 50 ng of microbial genomic DNA shows similar high performance as a typical amplified library prepared by Covaris mechanical shearing method.
Quality Sequencing metrics and improved workflow economics
sparQ DNA Frag & Library Prep Kit generates high quality DNA libraries with minimal duplication artifacts. Libraries were prepared with 1 ng and 100 ng of microbial genomic DNA, amplified for 12 and 6 cycles respectively, and subsequently sequenced on Illumina MiSeq. Each library was down-sampled to 2 million reads (150 bp paired-end reads) and aligned to a reference genome with only unique alignments reported.
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