دورية أكاديمية

Restriction Enzymes in Microbiology, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Restriction Enzymes in Microbiology, Biotechnology and Biochemistry
المؤلفون: Wilson, Geoffrey G., Wang, Hua, Heiter, Daniel F., Lunnen, Keith D.
المصدر: Encuentro; No. 93 (2012); 19-48 ; Encuentro; Núm. 93 (2012); 19-48 ; 2220-7112 ; 0424-9674
بيانات النشر: Division of Research and Social Projection (DIRINPRO) Universidad Centroamericana
سنة النشر: 2012
المجموعة: Central American Journals Online
مصطلحات موضوعية: DNA, specificity, recognition, discrimination, restriction, modification, endonuclease, methyltransferase, X-ray crystallography, major groove, minor groove, hydrogen bond, steric clash, electrostatic attraction, repulsion
الوصف: Since their discovery in the nineteen-seventies, a collection of simple enzymes termed Type II restriction endonucleases, made by microbes to ward off viral infections, have transformed molecular biology, spawned the multi-billion dollar Biotechnology industry, and yielded fundamental insights into the biochemistry of life, health and disease. In this article we describe how these enzymes were discovered, and we review their properties, organizations and genetics. We summarize current ideas about the mechanism underlying their remarkable ability to recognize and bind to specific base pair sequences in DNA, and we discuss why these ideas might not be correct.We conclude by proposing an alternative explanation for sequence-recognition that resolves certain inconsistencies and provides, in our view, a more satisfactory account of the mechanism. ; Since their discovery in the nineteen-seventies, a collection of simple enzymes termed Type II restriction endonucleases, made by microbes to ward off viral infections, have transformed molecular biology, spawned the multi-billion dollar Biotechnology industry, and yielded fundamental insights into the biochemistry of life, health and disease. In this article we describe how these enzymes were discovered, and we review their properties, organizations and genetics. We summarize current ideas about the mechanism underlying their remarkable ability to recognize and bind to specific base pair sequences in DNA, and we discuss why these ideas might not be correct.We conclude by proposing an alternative explanation for sequence-recognition that resolves certain inconsistencies and provides, in our view, a more satisfactory account of the mechanism.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
وصف الملف: application/pdf
اللغة: English
العلاقة: https://www.camjol.info/index.php/ENCUENTRO/article/view/909/715Test; https://www.camjol.info/index.php/ENCUENTRO/article/view/909Test
DOI: 10.5377/encuentro.v0i93.909
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.5377/encuentro.v0i93.909Test
https://www.camjol.info/index.php/ENCUENTRO/article/view/909Test
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.2C5887DD
قاعدة البيانات: BASE