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Table 2 Gene synthesis error rates when were used different DNA polymerases

From: Development of a gene synthesis platform for the efficient large scale production of small genes encoding animal toxins

DNA polymerase

Hot Start activity

Number of clones sequenced

Bases sequenced

Number of bases deleted, inserted or substituted

Error rate (error/kb)

Number of deletions

Number of insertions

Number of substitutions

KOD HS DNA pol.

yes

24

5720

5

0.87

2

1

2

Q5® HS HF DNA pol.

yes

24

6240

10

1.6

6

1

3

NZYProof DNA pol.

no

24

6240

10

1.6

5

2

3

NZYTaq DNA pol.

no

24

5980

13

2.2

2

3

7

Total

 

96

24,180

38

 

15

7

15