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Question
Explain briefly:
Restriction enzymes and DNA
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Solution
Restriction enzymes are used to break up DNA molecules. They are part of a broader enzyme class known as nucleases. Restriction enzymes are classified into three types:
- Exonucleases: They remove nucleotides from the terminal ends (5' or 3') of one double strand of DNA.
- Endonucleases: They make cuts at specific positions within the DNA. These enzymes don’t fragment the ends and only affect one strand of the DNA helix.
- Restriction endonucleases: Arber identified them in bacteria in 1963. They function as “molecular scissors” or chemical scalpels. They detect the base sequence at palindrome sites in DNA sequences and sever the strands. There are three types of restriction endonucleases: type I, type II, and type III. Only type II restriction enzymes are utilised in recombinant DNA technology because they can recognise and cut inside a specified DNA sequence, typically consisting of 4 to 8 nucleotides.
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