XbaI
	(Xanthomonas badrii)
	5’-T C T A G A-3’
	3’-A G A T C T-5’
	Reaction Temperature: 37°C
	Prototype: XbaI
	Inactivation Temperature (20 min): 65°C
	Reaction Buffer:
	1x Medium Buffer: 10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5 at 37°C), 10 mM MgCl2, 1 mM dithiothreitol, 50 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml bovine serum albumin.
	Note: blocked by overlapping Dam methylation.
	Unit Definition: One unit is the amount of enzyme required to completely digest 1 µg of Ad-2 DNA in 1 hr in a total reaction volume of 50 µl.
	Assay Conditions: 10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5 at 37°C), 50 mM NaCl, 10 mM MgCl2, 1 mM dithiothreitol and 1 µg of Ad-2 DNA . Incubation is at 37°C for 1 hr in a reaction volume of 50 µl.
	Storage Buffer: 10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5 at 25°C), 50 mM KCl, 0.1 mM EDTA, 1 mM dithiothreitol, 100 µg/ml bovine serum albumin and 50% (v/v) glycerol.
	Storage Conditions: Store at –20°C.
	Quality Control:
	Non-specific Endonuclease: Incubation of 10 units of XbaI with 1 µg of Ad-2 DNA at 37°C for 16 hrs (a 160-fold over-digestion) resulted in the same sharp characteristic banding pattern as the standard assay reaction, as determined by agarose gel electrophoresis.
	3'-Exonuclease: 5, 10 and 20 units of XbaI and 0.11 µg (0.80 pmol of 3'-ends) of lambda/TaqI fragments (3'-labeled with T4 DNA Polymerase and [³H]dGTP and [³H]dCTP), incubated for 1 hr at 37°C resulted in 0.01-slope of %-end label released per unit of enzyme. Reaction volume 10 µl.
	5'-Exonuclease/5'-Phosphatase: Incubation of 5, 10 and 20 units of XbaI with 0.02 µg (0.15 pmol of 5'-ends) of [5'-³²P]lambda /HaeIII fragments for 1 hr at 37°C resulted in 0.02-slope of %-end label released per unit of enzyme. Reaction volume 10 µl.