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My negative control is giving a smear or a band upon electrophoresis. Is DyNAzyme™ DNA Polymerase contaminated with DNA?

April 26, 2017band contaminated CONTROL dna dynazyme™ electrophoresis giving negative polymerase smear

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My negative control is giving a smear or a band upon electrophoresis. Is DyNAzyme™ DNA Polymerase contaminated with DNA?

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DNA polymerases bind DNA very tightly. All polymerases contain minute amounts of DNA. DyNAzyme DNA Polymerase is very extensively purified and the amount of DNA is as low as it can get. One possibility is that the enzyme may have got contaminated upon opening in your laboratory.