A plate full of tubes containing lyophilized enzymes

Thermo Fisher Scientific offers new-generation enzymes in lyo-ready or lyophilization-compatible format. Lyophilization also known as freeze-drying is a process that involves removing the water content from a substance by freezing it and then rapidly evaporating the frozen water under reduced pressure. This technique helps to preserve perishable products while maintaining their structure and extending their shelf life. Enzymes in lyo-ready format are portable, room-temperature stable, and suitable for molecular assay development. Lyo-ready enzymes retain characteristics of conventional enzyme including reproducibility, sensitivity, and specificity required for diagnostic assays.

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Benefits of lyo-ready enzymes

  • Flexible assay designs maximize the same functional enzyme performance with glycerol content below 0.1–0.5%
  • Compatibility with microfluidics solutions, such as point-of-care (POC) testing, single-cell analysis, and droplet-based techniques
  • High confidence in results with minimal risk of bacterial, human, or plasmid DNA contamination
  • Assurance of ISO 13485 quality
  • Lot-to-lot consistency

Lyo-ready enzymes: The solution for POC molecular diagnostics

Lyo-ready enzymes hold promise and potential for faster and accurate point of care diagnostics. According to an article published in Nature , these 'lyo-ready' enzymes can be used to build dried mixtures of PCR reagents that enable sample-to-answer assays. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers customized solutions for specific applications, including modified concentrations, volume, and packaging.

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Portfolio of lyo-ready enzymes

Explore lyo-ready enzymes for reverse transcription, isothermal amplification, PCR amplification, and other related technologies.

ProductApplicable technology
Invitrogen Lyo-ready SuperScript Reverse Transcriptase, 1-step RT-qPCR1-step RT-qPCR
Invitrogen SuperScript III RT1-step RT-qPCR
Invitrogen SuperScript IV RT2-step RT-qPCR, 1-step RT-PCR, LAMP, cDNA synthesis
Thermo Scientific Maxima H Minus RT2-step RT-qPCR, 1-step RT-PCR, LAMP, cDNA synthesis
Thermo Scientific Maxima RT2-step RT-qPCR, 1-step RT-PCR, LAMP, cDNA synthesis
Thermo Scientific M-MLV RT1-step RT-qPCR
Thermo Scientific RevertAid H Minus RT2-step RT-qPCR, 1-step RT-PCR, RT-LAMP, cDNA synthesis
Thermo Scientific RevertAid M-MLV RT1-step RT-qPCR

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ProductApplicable technology
Invitrogen Bst DNA PolymeraseLAMP, HAD, EXPAR, RCA
Thermo Scientific EquiPhi29 DNA PolymeraseMDA, WGA, RCA
ProductApplicable technology
Invitrogen Platinum II Taq DNA polymerase2-step RT-qPCR, 1-step RT-qPCR
Invitrogen Platinum Taq DNA Polymerase2-step RT-qPCR, 1-step RT-qPCR
Applied Biosystems AmpliTaq Gold DNA Polymerase2-step RT-qPCR, 1-step RT-qPCR
Invitrogen LibertyTaq DNA Polymerase2-step RT-qPCR, 1-step RT-qPCR
Thermo Scientific Phire Hot Start II DNA PolymerasePCR

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ProductApplicable technology
Invitrogen RNaseOUT RNase inhibitor2-step RT-qPCR, 1-step RT-PCR, LAMP, cDNA synthesis, NASBA, TMA
Thermo Scientific RiboLock RNase Inhibitor2-step RT-qPCR, 1-step RT-PCR, LAMP, cDNA synthesis, NASBA, TMA
ProductApplicable technology
Invitrogen Lyo-ready SuperScript Reverse Transcriptase, 1-step RT-qPCR1-step RT-qPCR
Invitrogen SuperScript III RT1-step RT-qPCR
Invitrogen SuperScript IV RT2-step RT-qPCR, 1-step RT-PCR, LAMP, cDNA synthesis
Thermo Scientific Maxima H Minus RT2-step RT-qPCR, 1-step RT-PCR, LAMP, cDNA synthesis
Thermo Scientific Maxima RT2-step RT-qPCR, 1-step RT-PCR, LAMP, cDNA synthesis
Thermo Scientific M-MLV RT1-step RT-qPCR
Thermo Scientific RevertAid H Minus RT2-step RT-qPCR, 1-step RT-PCR, RT-LAMP, cDNA synthesis
Thermo Scientific RevertAid M-MLV RT1-step RT-qPCR

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ProductApplicable technology
Invitrogen Bst DNA PolymeraseLAMP, HAD, EXPAR, RCA
Thermo Scientific EquiPhi29 DNA PolymeraseMDA, WGA, RCA
ProductApplicable technology
Invitrogen Platinum II Taq DNA polymerase2-step RT-qPCR, 1-step RT-qPCR
Invitrogen Platinum Taq DNA Polymerase2-step RT-qPCR, 1-step RT-qPCR
Applied Biosystems AmpliTaq Gold DNA Polymerase2-step RT-qPCR, 1-step RT-qPCR
Invitrogen LibertyTaq DNA Polymerase2-step RT-qPCR, 1-step RT-qPCR
Thermo Scientific Phire Hot Start II DNA PolymerasePCR

 View the enzyme selection guide to select products suitable for your application

ProductApplicable technology
Invitrogen RNaseOUT RNase inhibitor2-step RT-qPCR, 1-step RT-PCR, LAMP, cDNA synthesis, NASBA, TMA
Thermo Scientific RiboLock RNase Inhibitor2-step RT-qPCR, 1-step RT-PCR, LAMP, cDNA synthesis, NASBA, TMA

Lyo-ready enzymes commonly used in assay development

The commonly used lyo-ready enzymes in molecular diagnostic assay development are reverse transcriptases, DNA polymerases, and isothermal enzymes.

Lyo-ready enzymes: Success stories

Our customers have successfully used lyo-ready Maxima reverse transcriptase, lyo-ready Bsm polymerase, and lyo-ready Platinum Taq DNA polymerase in assay development. Hear from them.

“It has been very useful for stabilizing the assay without a need to concentrate the enzyme in an effort to minimize glycerol level."

—R&D Manager, Small Business Health Care Company

Customer used lyo-ready Maxima reverse transcriptase in assay development for robust amplification of low-purity and degraded input RNA.

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“Providing robust glycerol-free enzymes that performed in our assays as required without the need for big changes in formulations/processes. Providing reliable technical support and flexible supply service.”

—R&D Manager, Medium Enterprise Health Care Company

Customer used lyo-ready Bsm polymerase in assay development which improved the performance of the assay.

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“They have performed better than other enzymes, this has allowed us more robust amplification.”

—R&D Director, Small Business Consumer Products Company

Customer integrated lyo-ready Platinum Taq DNA polymerase into existing assay development protocol.

 Read the full case study on Lyo-ready Platinum Taq DNA polymerase

Resources for lyo-ready enzymes

Browse our collection of selection guides, technical articles, manuals, and protocols on lyo-ready enzymes.

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FAQs

Enzymes in lyo-ready format are beneficial when portable, room-temperature stable assays are being developed. Lyo-ready enzymes retain all conventional enzyme characteristics like reproducibility, sensitivity, and specificity required for diagnostic assays.
We focus on supplying the raw materials for your assay development. All our enzymes come in liquid form compatible for lyophilization. We do not offer dried down enzymes nor lyophilization sevices.

The SuperScript IV RT-LAMP Master Mix is available for commercial use. It is optimized for best results in LAMP and RT-LAMP in glycerol format, lyo-ready mastermix is not available.

Nevertheless, we offer lyo-ready components of the master mix—the SSIV reverse transcriptase, Bst DNA polymerase, and RNaseOUT RNase inhibitor—as well as user manual for LAMP reaction setup. These components are available in a glycerol-free format and can be customized further upon request.

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