After transfer, the membrane is immersed in a solution of either radioactive or chemically labeled probes. The probes bind to their complementary sequences on the membrane, if any are present. The membrane is then washed, leaving only bound probes that can be detected using autoradiography , if the probes are radioactive, or other means.
At the time, scientists had identified the specific site and sequence of cleavage for only one restriction enzyme, HindII. With HindII, cleavage occurred in the middle of a six-base-pair recognition site, yielding what are known as blunt-end fragments see Figure 3, in which PvuII similarly produces blunt-end fragments.
Mertz and Davis discovered that another restriction enzyme, EcoR1, by contrast, cleaves its recognition site in a staggered way that generates fragments with single-stranded overhanging ends known as cohesive, or sticky, ends. After two fragments with complementary sticky ends are joined, the DNA backbone may be covalently sealed using another enzyme called DNA ligase. This gives molecular biologists powerful tools to create nearly limitless combinations of recombinant DNA.
Today, scientists are mixing and matching DNA fragments from different species in ways that continue not only to demonstrate the power of this method, but also to raise serious ethical and social questions. Arber, W. DNA modification and restriction.
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Citation: Pray, L. Nature Education 1 1 Restriction enzymes are one of the most important tools in the recombinant DNA technology toolbox. But how were these enzymes discovered? And what makes them so useful? Aa Aa Aa. When I come to the laboratory of my father, I usually see some plates lying on the tables. These plates contain colonies of bacteria.
These colonies remind me of a city with many inhabitants. In each bacterium there is a king. He is very long, but skinny. The king has many servants. These are thick and short, almost like balls. My father calls the king DNA , and the servants enzymes. My father has discovered a servant who serves as a pair of scissors. If a foreign king invades a bacterium, this servant can cut him in small fragments, but he does not do any harm to his own king.
Initial Steps in Restriction Enzyme Research. Figure 1. Figure Detail. Learning to Use Restriction Enzymes. Cutting with Restriction Enzymes. Figure 2. Sma I is an example of a restriction enzyme that cuts straight through the DNA strands, creating DNA fragments with a flat or blunt end.
Other restriction enzymes, like Eco RI , cut through the DNA strands at nucleotides that are not exactly opposite each other. This creates DNA fragments with one nucleotide strand that overhangs at the end. This overhanging nucleotide strand is called a sticky end because it can easily bond with complementary DNA fragments.
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