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Why are Type I restriction enzymes less useful in recombinant cloning?

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Correct answer: They may cut far from the recognition site and less predictably

The governing principle in cloning is predictable DNA cleavage. Type I restriction systems recognize a specific DNA sequence but, with the help of ATP and other components, can cleave at variable distances away from that recognition site. This makes it difficult to predict the exact ends and fragment boundaries that will be produced. Recombinant cloning usually benefits from Type II enzymes because many of them cut at or near a defined recognition sequence, generating reproducible blunt or sticky ends that can be designed for ligation. Thus option B is correct. Type I enzymes do not join DNA, do not cut protein, and their ability to move in a gel is irrelevant to the limitation. The statement is a relative cloning-usefulness comparison, not a claim that Type I enzymes have no biological function.

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Type I Restriction EnzymeType Ii EnzymePredictable CleavageRestriction EnzymesPrinciples Of BiotechnologyBiotechnologyClass 11 Mcq

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