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Unit 3 Biochemistry

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What is the role of restriction enzymes, what is restriction enzyme able to do, and methylases within bacteria?

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-> One of the roles of restriction enzymes in bacteria is to protect them from infections by viruses. -> Restriction enzyme is able to “cut up” viral DNA before it infects bacterial DNA ->Enzymes are able to add a methyl side group (-CH3) to specifically recognize sites


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