Question

What is a type 1 restriction enzyme?

Answer 1

Type 1 restriction enzyme:

1. Proteins are called restriction enzymes to regulate the size of DNA molecules.
2. They accomplish this by cleaving repetitive DNA sequences or foreign DNA. Structure and recognition specificity is used to categorize restriction enzymes.
3. Type I, Type II, and Type III restriction enzymes are the three different subtypes.
4. Restriction endonucleases are another name for type I restriction enzymes.
5. They are constructed from the joining of two long strands of DNA.
6. These restriction enzymes locate specific DNA sequences and cleave them at that location.