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Restriction enzymes are the bacteria's form of an 'immune system' against viruses (which can infect bacteria).
When viruses try to insert their own DNA into a bacteria's genome, the restriction enzymes detect this foreign DNA and cut it out so that the viruses can't replicate and kill the cell.
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∙ 12y agodefense against viruses....to protect their own DNA from the viruses
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∙ 12y agoWith the restriction enzymes, the bacteria would be able to cut the virus genes when a virus attacks, preventing it from multiplying and destroying the bacteria.
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∙ 11y agoRestriction enzymes are used by bacteria to cut up and render inoperable the DNA inserted into the bacterium by certain viruses, usually T even phages.
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Bacteria methylate their DNA in order to?
Protect their DNA from being excised by their own restriction enzymes such as EcoR1. The bacteria has enzymes that go through and methyl the N6 position of their adenines in order to prevent their own restriction enzymes from cutting their DNA up.
What is the function of restriction enzymes that naturally occur in bacteria cells?
Restiriction enzymes, or endonucleases, splice (cut) apart two different sites of the nucleotide sequence on foreign DNA resulting in two different pieces of DNA for a gene of interest to be inserted. This usually occurs in bacteria such as E. coli and such. Once the two cuts have been made (one at 5' and one at 3') there remains the open ends of the DNA called 'sticky ends'. THis is where the gene of interest is inserted.
Which pair of enzymes is necessary to make recombinant DNA?
Actually the answer would be Restriction enzyme and DNA ligase.
What is the role of restriction enzymes in bacteria?
Restriction enzyme in bacteria cuts of the foreign DNA inside the host, thus destroying them. The host DNA is protected against this destructive action due to methylation of the host DNA.
Enzymes used to cut DNA molecules in recombinant DNA researsh are?
restriction enzymes
Are bacteria a source of restriction enzymes in DNA?
Restriction enzymes are made by the ribosomes in bacteria. For information on which bacteria produce which specific restriction enzymes, some can be found in a table near the bottom of this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restriction_enzymes
why do bacteria have restriction enzymes?
to destroy viral DNA
How have scientists made bacteria more useful today?
Scientists have taken restriction enzymes out of bacteria; restriction enzymes are used to cut DNA at cut sites. Also, they insert genes into bacteria to study them.
What does a geneticist use to cut DNA at specific base sequences?
Restriction enzymes, also known as restriction endonucleases, are used to cut DNA into smaller fragments. Restriction enzymes are found in bacteria, where they act like molecular scissors by cutting up DNA from invading viruses or bacteriophages. Each restriction enzyme recognizes a specific nucleotide sequence and cuts the DNA at that site. This process makes restriction enzymes extremely useful in biotechnology where they are used in procedures such as DNA cloning, DNA fingerprinting, and genetic engineering. There are hundreds of known restriction enzymes, and each one was named for the bacteria from which it was isolated. For example, EcoRI was isolated from Escherichia coli and HaeIII from Haemophilus aegyptius.
Bacteria methylate their DNA in order to?
Protect their DNA from being excised by their own restriction enzymes such as EcoR1. The bacteria has enzymes that go through and methyl the N6 position of their adenines in order to prevent their own restriction enzymes from cutting their DNA up.
What is a restriction map?
A restriction map plots restriction sites within a chain of DNA. You cannot create a restriction map without restriction enzymes. Restriction sites are points in a DNA molecule that contain certain strings of nucleotides, which can only be identified by restriction enzymes.
What is the function of restriction enzymes that naturally occur in bacteria cells?
Restiriction enzymes, or endonucleases, splice (cut) apart two different sites of the nucleotide sequence on foreign DNA resulting in two different pieces of DNA for a gene of interest to be inserted. This usually occurs in bacteria such as E. coli and such. Once the two cuts have been made (one at 5' and one at 3') there remains the open ends of the DNA called 'sticky ends'. THis is where the gene of interest is inserted.
Where restriction enzymes come from?
Restriction enzyme, also called restriction endonuclease, a protein produced by bacteria that cleaves DNA at specific sites along the molecule. In the bacterial cell, restriction enzymes cleave foreign DNA, thus eliminating infecting organisms.
What enzyme do scientists use to cut genes out of strands if DNA?
restriction enzymes
What organisms make restriction enzymes?
Originally restriction enzymes (RE) are isolated from Bacteria and Archaea. Microorganisms uses REs to protect themselves from the viral infection. For example EcoRI is isolated from E.colianbd BamHI is found in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. With the advent of rDNA technology these enzymes are now being produced in lab organisms by cloning and expression.
Can virus get a bacteria?
Yes- Bacterial viruses are called bacteriophages. Some examples are T4 and T7 phages. They are complex DNA viruses that attach themselves to the cell surface and then inject their DNA to the inside of the bacteria. Bacteria have enzymes called restriction enzymes that cleave DNA at specific sites called restriction sites. These enzymes are the bacterium's defense against phages.
How do restriction work?
Restriction enzymes are used for genetic engineering. they expose the base sequence of a DNA fragment. The enzymes cut the phosphate backbones of DNA molecules at specific base sequences called recognition sites. Strands of DNA that have been cut with restriction enzymes sometimes have single-stranded tails that readily realign with tails from certain other DNA fragments. This technology allows removing a specific gene from one organism and splicing it into another. Restriction enzymes originally developed in bacteria as a defense against viruses, who inject DNA in bacteria which takes over the cell. The bacteria's restriction enzymes cut up viral DNA before it can take over the cell.
