Definition-
The restriction enzyme is a protein that
produced from bacteria and used to cleaves DNA strand at a specific
site. It is also known as a restriction
endonuclease.
Types-
There are four types of restriction enzyme
- Type I enzymes- They cleave the DNA at random
that far from the recognition site and require ATP and
S-adenosyl-L-methionine to function.
- Type II enzymes – They cleave DNA at specific
or close to the recognition site and require magnesium for its
function.
- Type III enzymes – They cut DNA at sites that
not far from the recognition site and they also require ATP for its
function.
- Type IV enzymes – They recognize the modified
methylated DNA.
Applications-
- They are used to insert the desired genes into plasmid vectors
during gene cloning and protein production experiments.
- Used in single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)
- For gene analysis, digest genomic DNA by Southern blot.
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