Question

In the restriction endonuclease EcoRI, the portion ‘co’ and ‘R’ refers to

• A. codon and R245
• B. codon and RY13
• C. coenzyme and Rd
• D. coli and RY13

Answer 1

The correct option is D

coli and RY13

Enzyme EcoRI is a restriction endonuclease and its name represents the following:

$E\to$ Escherichia, co $\to$ coli, $R\to R{Y}_{13}$ strain, $I\to$ 1st enzyme isolated from E.coli.