The invention belongs to the technical field of
molecular biology, and particularly discloses
Taq DNA polymerase with enhanced base mismatch recognition capacity and application of the
Taq DNA polymerase in
gene mutation detection. The
Taq DNA polymerase provided by the invention has enhanced base mismatch recognition capability, also retains the activity of the
polymerase, and is especially suitable for
gene mutation detection of which the 3'end of a primer contains a mismatch base. Experimental results show that Ct values of mutants M9, M10, M11, M12, M13 and M14 amplified by the 3'end base mismatched primer are obviously greater than Ct values of mutants amplified by a normal primer, and the mutants can all adapt to a rapid amplification procedure of 5s at 60 DEG C. Especially, the Ct value of the
mutant M14 amplified by using a 3'end 1-bit base mismatched primer or a 2, 3-bit base mismatched primer is obviously greater than that of a normal primer, which indicates that the error distinguishing capability of the
mutant M14 is the strongest, and the
mutant M12 is suitable for preparing a
gene mutation detection
reagent.