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Question
Answer the following question.
β galactosidase enzyme is considered a better selectable marker. Justify the statement.
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Solution
The selective marker is used in the selection of recombinants on the basis of the ability to produce colour in the presence of a chromogenic substrate. β-galactosidase is an enzyme that converts galactose into lactose. In this, a recombinant DNA is inserted within the coding sequence of enzyme, β-galactosidase, which results in inactivation of an enzyme referred to as "insertional inactivation".
The coding sequence for the enzyme β-galactosidase is preferred over antibiotic resistance genes because recombinants can be easily visualized.
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