3. • Restriction endonucleases
– Restriction - Bacterial encoded restriction
endonucleases restrict bacteriophages to only one host
strain.
– Endonuclease - Restriction endonucleases cleave
nucleic acids in the middle.
4. • Subclasses of restriction endonucleases:
– Type I - Recognize specific sequences and cleave DNA
at a nonspecific site > than 1,000 bp away
– Type II - Recognize palindromic sequences and cleave
within the palindrome
– Type III - Recognize specific 5-7 bp sequences and
cleave 24-27 bp down stream of the site.
• Type II restriction endonucleases are the most useful
class, as they recognize specific palindromic
sequences in DNA and cleave the phospodiester
bonds in the ribose backbone within the palindrome
5. • A palindrome is anything that reads the same
forwards and backwards:
– Mom
– Dad
– Tarzan raised Desi Arnaz rat.
– Able was I ere I saw Elba
– Doc note I dissent, a fast never prevents a fatness; I diet
on cod.
– Do good? I? No! Evil anon I deliver. I maim nine more
hero-men in Saginaw, sanitary sword a-tuck, Carol, I–lo–
rack, cut a drowsy rat in Aswan. I gas nine more hero-
men in Miami. Reviled, I (Nona) live on. I do, O God!
6. • In DNA, palindromes are defined as double
stranded DNA that reads the same 5’ to 3’
• The EcoRI cutting site:
– 5'-GAATTC-3'
– 3'-CTTAAG-5'
• The HindIII cutting site:
– 5'-AAGCTT-3'
– 3'-TTCGAA-5'
Types of recognition sites:
4 bp
6 bp
8 bp
44 = 256 bp
46 = 4,096 bp
48 = 65,536 bp
9. • Type II restriction endonucleases cut only at
specific palindromic sites; therefore, “sticky
ends” result from DNA cleavage. Fragments
of DNA cut with the same enzyme will
hybridize to these sticky ends.
22. a-peptide of b-galactosidase is encoded by lacZ
NH2-terminal portion
lacZ is disrupted by insert
w-peptide is carried in genetically modified bacterial
strains. COOH-terminal portion
a-complementation occurs.
5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-b-D-
Galactopyranoside (X-gal) is
metabolized resulting in blue
colonies
No a-complementation
occurs. White colonies
23. Figure 4.7b
Addition of ligase
would cause
this to seal
Without phosphate
group, ligation
cannot occur
Phosphates are donated
by the insert
Ligation occurs
45. 30 rounds of PCR =
1,073,741,824 (1.07 X 109) copies
40 rounds of PCR =
1,099,511,628,000 (1.1 X 1012) copies
Exponential Increase in Target DNA
From 1 copy of template DNA
50. I. Restriction Endonucleases
II. Cloning
III. Probes to detect specific clones
IV. PCR
V. cDNA cloning
VI. Labeling DNA with nick translation
VII.Cloning with Reverse Transcriptase-PCR
52. I. Restriction Endonucleases
II. Cloning
III. Probes to detect specific clones
IV. PCR
V. cDNA cloning
VI. Labeling DNA with nick translation
VII.Cloning with Reverse Transcriptase-PCR
VIII.5’ RACE
54. I. Restriction Endonucleases
II. Cloning
III. Probes to detect specific clones
IV. PCR
V. cDNA cloning
VI. Labeling DNA with nick translation
VII.Cloning with Reverse Transcriptase-PCR
VIII.5’ RACE
IX. Expression vectors