1. Tardigrade
  2. Question
  3. Biology
  4. From the following identify the restriction enzyme that is credited as the 1st one to be isolated.

Question Error Report

Thank you for reporting, we will resolve it shortly

Back to Question

Q. From the following identify the restriction enzyme that is credited as the 1st one to be isolated.

NTA AbhyasNTA Abhyas 2022

Solution:

A restriction enzyme is a biocatalyst that can cut DNA at a specific part of the sequences which is now termed as restriction sites. Hind II is the first restriction enzyme that was extracted from Haemophilus influenzae Rd strain II. Thus, the enzyme got labelled as Hind II.