Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYBiotechnology: Principles and Processes3 Marks
Question
Describe the naming of the restriction enzymes with an example.
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Answer
Naming of restriction enzymes:
The first letter of the name comes from the genus of the bacterium.
The second and third letters come from the name of the species of the prokaryote cell from where it is isolated.
The next letter comes from the strain of the prokaryote.
The Roman Numbers following these four letters indicate the order in which the enzymes were isolated from that strain of the bacterium, e.g. EcoRI is isolated from E.coli, RY 13.
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