BanII
	(Bacillus aneurinolyticus)
	5’-G Pu G C Py C-3’
	3’-C Py C G Pu G-5’
	Reaction Temperature: 37°C
	Prototype: HgiJII
	Inactivation Temperature (20 min): 65°C
	Reaction Buffer:
	1x Acet Buffer: 20 mM Tris-acetate (pH 7.5 at 37°C), 10 mM magnesium acetate, 50 mM potassium acetate, 1 mM dithiothreitol, 100 µg/ml bovine serum albumin.
	Unit Definition: One unit is the amount of enzyme required to completely digest 1 µg of lambda DNA in 1 hr in a total reaction volume of 50 µl.
	Assay Conditions: 20 mM Tris-acetate (pH 7.5 at 37°C), 10 mM magnesium acetate, 50 mM potassium acetate, 1 mM dithiothreitol, 100 µg/ml bovine serum albumin and 1 µg of lambda 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 4°C), 50 mM NaCl, 0.1 mM EDTA, 1 mM dithiothreitol, 0.1% Triton™X-100, 500 µg/ml bovine serum albumin and 50% (v/v) glycerol.
	Storage Conditions: Store at –20°C.
	Quality Control:
	Non-specific Endonuclease: Incubation of 20 units of BanII with 1 µg of lambda DNA at 37°C for 16 hrs (a 320-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 BanII and 0.25 µg 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 0.11-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 BanII with 0.05 µg of 5'-ends of [5'-³²P]lambda/HaeIII fragments for 1 hr at 37°C resulted in 0.04-slope of %-end label released per unit of enzyme. Reaction volume 10 µl.