What is a high fidelity restriction enzyme?
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What is a high fidelity restriction enzyme?
High Fidelity Restriction Enzymes have been engineered by exchanging functional amino acid residues and then screening for optimal mutants that perform under a wide range of conditions.
Is NotI a restriction enzyme?
NotI is a restriction enzyme isolated from the bacterium Nocardia otitidis.
What is star activity restriction enzymes?
Star activity is the relaxation or alteration of the specificity of restriction enzyme mediated cleavage of DNA that can occur under reaction conditions that differ significantly from those optimal for the enzyme.
What is star activity Neb?
Under non-standard reaction conditions, some restriction enzymes are capable of cleaving sequences which are similar, but not identical, to their defined recognition sequence. This altered specificity has been termed “star activity”.
What does HindIII enzyme do?
HindIII (pronounced “Hin D Three”) is a type II site-specific deoxyribonuclease restriction enzyme isolated from Haemophilus influenzae that cleaves the DNA palindromic sequence AAGCTT in the presence of the cofactor Mg2+ via hydrolysis.
Does Ecorv produce blunt ends?
It creates blunt ends. The enzyme recognizes the palindromic 6-base DNA sequence 5′-GAT|ATC-3′ and makes a blunt end at the vertical line. The complementary sequence is then 3′-CTA|TAG-5′. The ends are blunt and can be ligated into a blunt cloning site easily but with lower efficiency than sticky ends.
Why is it called star activity?
It has been demonstrated that under extreme non-standard conditions, restriction endonucleases are capable of cleaving sequences which are similar but not identical to their defined recognition sequence. This altered or relaxed specificity has been termed “”star”” activity.
What causes star activity?
Generally, star activity (i.e., the enzyme cuts a sequence that is an imperfect match to its known target) is caused by nonoptimal reaction conditions.(1),(2) These include: High concentration of glycerol (>5% v/v). High ratio of enzyme units to micrograms of DNA.
What does BamHI do?
BamHI is an extraordinarily unique molecule in that it undergoes a series of unconventional conformational changes upon DNA recognition. This allows the DNA to maintain it’s normal B-DNA conformation without distorting to facilitate enzyme binding.
