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Q.Which one of the following palindromic base sequence in DNA can be easily cut at about the middle by some particular restriction enzymes ?

(a) 5' GAATTC 3' 3' CTTAAG 5'
(b) 5' CGTTCG 3' 3' ATCGTA 5'
(c) 5' CACGTA 3' 3' CTCAGT 5'
(d) 5' GATATG 3' 3' CTACTA 5'
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Only 5' GAATTC 3' / 3' CTTAAG 5' -- the real EcoRI site -- is a true palindromic sequence, cut near its centre by a restriction enzyme.

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Most Type II restriction enzymes recognise short, palindromic sequences of double-stranded DNA -- sequences where the base sequence on one strand, read 5' to 3', is identical to the sequence on the complementary strand, also read 5' to 3'. Such symmetry lets the enzyme (which usually acts as a symmetrical dimer) bind and cut both strands near the axis of symmetry, close to the middle of the recognition site.

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