Question

Derive a name for a restriction endonuclease which was extracted in the 5th order from the RY13 strain of E. coli.

Answer 1

The restriction enzyme taken as the fifth one from the RY13 strain of E. coli is called EcoRV.

Here,
E stands for the genus Escherichia,
co stands for the species coli,
R represents the strain RY13,
and V shows that it is the fifth restriction enzyme discovered from this strain.