TSR 4-1: Restriction endonucleases:

Enzyme

Source

Sequence cut

Average expected fragment size (kb) in human DNAa

Alu I

Arthrobacter luteus

AGCT

0.3

Hae III

Hemophilus aegyptus

GGCC

0.6

Taq I

Thermus aquaticus

TCGA

1.4

Mnl I

Moraxella nonliquefaciens

CCTC/GAGG

0.4

Hind III

Hemophilus influenzae Rd

AAGCTT

3.1

EcoR I

Escherichia Coli R factor

GAATTC

3.1

BamH I

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

GGATCC

7.0

Pst I

Providencia stuartii

CTGCAG

7.0

Mst I

Microcoleus species

CCTNAGGc

7.0

Sma I

Serratia marcescens

CCCGGG

78

BssH II

Bacillus stearothermophilus

GCGCGC

390b

Not I

Norcadia otitidis-caviarum

GCGGCCGC

9766 b

(a) Assuming 40% G+C, and a CpG frequency 20% of that expected

(b) Observed average sizes are considerably lower than these estimates

© N = A, C, G or T

Notes: Names are normally derived from the first letter of the genus and the first two letters of the species name, e.g. Pst I is the first restriction nuclease to have been isolated from Providencia stuartii. Mnl I is an example of an enzyme whose recognition sequence is not palindromic. So-called "rare-cutters" often have recognition sequences containing one or more CpG dinucleotides and cut vertebrate DNA comparatively infrequently.

 

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