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Cloned At NEBRecombinant SourceTime SaverNEBuffer 4BSA37Heat InactivateddamPass Blue White Selection Assay
Catalog # Size Concentration
R0145L 15,000 units 20,000 units/ml
R0145M 15,000 units 100,000 units/ml
R0145S 3,000 units 20,000 units/ml
R0145T 3,000 units 100,000 units/ml
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Recognition Site:

TCTAGA

 | single letter code

Source:
A E. coli strain that carries the XbaI gene from Xanthomonas badrii (ATCC 11672).

Reagents Supplied:
NEBuffer 4 (10X)
BSA (100X)


Enzyme Properties


Activity in NEBuffers:
NEBuffer 1:0%
NEBuffer 2:100%
NEBuffer 3:75%
NEBuffer 4:100%

When using a buffer other than the optimal (supplied) NEBuffer, it may be necessary to add more enzyme to achieve complete digestion.

Methylation Sensitivity:
dam methylation: Blocked by overlapping
dcm methylation: Not sensitive
CpG methylation: Not sensitive
More information about: Methylation Sensitivity

Heat Inactivation:
65°C for 20 minutes

Survival in a Reaction:
(+ + +) Suitable for an extended or overnight digestion. Enzyme is active > 8 hours.
More information about: Extended Digests with Restriction Enzymes


Reaction & Storage Conditions


Reaction Conditions:
1X NEBuffer 4
Supplemented with 100 μg/ml Bovine Serum Albumin
Incubate at 37°C.

1X NEBuffer 4:
20 mM Tris-acetate
50 mM potassium acetate
10 mM Magnesium Acetate
1 mM Dithiothreitol
pH 7.9 @ 25°C

Unit Definition:
One unit is defined as the amount of enzyme required to digest 1 µg of λ DNA (dam-/HindIII digest) in 1 hour at 37°C in a total reaction volume of 50 µl.

Concentration:
20,000 units/ml and 100,000 units/ml

Unit Assay Substrate:
λ DNA (dam-/Hind III digest)

Storage Conditions:
10 mM Tris-HCl
50 mM NaCl
1 mM Dithiothreitol
0.1 mM EDTA
200 µg/ml BSA
50% Glycerol
pH 7.4 @ 25°C

Storage Temperature:
-20°C

Diluent Compatibility:
Diluent A


FAQs


  1. Is XbaI affected by methylation?
  2. The NEB catalog has historically stated that activity in NEBuffer 4 is less than 100% yet this enzyme is now supplied with NEBuffer 4. What have you changed?
  3. Has the conversion to NEBuffer 4 altered any of the properties of the restriction enzyme?
  4. If I have an old tube of enzyme, what NEBuffer should I use?
  5. Will the new enzyme work in the originally supplied NEBuffer?
  6. Why is NEB switching this restriction enzyme to NEBuffer 4?

Quality Control for Current Lot


Quality control values for a specific lot can be found on the datacard which accompanies each product.

Ligation and Re-cutting:
After a 20-fold overdigestion with XbaI, > 95% of the DNA fragments can be ligated with T4 DNA Ligase (at a 5' termini concentration of 1-2 μM) at 16ºC. Of these ligated fragments, > 95% can be recut with XbaI.


16-Hour Incubation:
A 50 μl reaction containing 1 μg of DNA and 200 units of XbaI incubated for 16 hours at 37ºC resulted in a DNA pattern free of detectable nuclease degradation as determined by agarose gel electrophoresis.

Exonuclease Activity:
Incubation of a 50 μl reaction containing 200 units of XbaI with 1 μg of a mixture of single and double-stranded [3H] E. coli DNA (105 cpm/μg) for 4 hours at 37ºC released < 0.1% of the total radioactivity.

Endonuclease Activity:
Incubation of a 50 μl reaction containing 200 units of XbaI with 1 μg of ΦX174 RF I DNA for 4 hours at 37ºC resulted in < 10% conversion to RFII as determined by agarose gel electrophoresis.

Blue/White Screening Assay:
An appropriate vector is digested at a unique site within the lacZα gene with a 10-fold excess of enzyme. The vector DNA is then ligated, transformed, and plated onto Xgal/IPTG/Amp plates. Successful expression of β-galactosidase is a function of how intact its gene remains after cloning, an intact gene gives rise to a blue colony, removal of even a single base gives rise to a white colony. Enzyme preparations must produce fewer than 3% white colonies to be Blue/White certified.


Reagents Sold Separately


NEBuffer 4
BSA


Companion Products


dam-/dcm- Competent E. coli


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