Which of the following statements does not hold true for restriction enzyme?

Question

Which of the following statements does not hold true for restriction enzyme? (A) It recognises a palindromic nucleotide sequence (B) It is an endonuclease (C) It is isolated from viruses (D) It produces the same kind of sticky ends in different DNA molecules

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More than 900 restriction enzymes have been isolated from over 230 strains of bacteria each of which recognise different recognition sequences. No restriction enzyme is isolated from viruses.

Q. Which of the following statements does not hold true for restriction enzyme?

It recognises a palindromic nucleotide sequence

It is an endonuclease

It is isolated from viruses

It produces the same kind of sticky ends in different $D N A$ molecules

More than $900$ restriction enzymes have been isolated from over $230$ strains of bacteria each of which recognise different recognition sequences. No restriction enzyme is isolated from viruses.