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NBME 23 Answers

nbme23/Block 1/Question#16

Physical analysis of the isolated genomic DNA from ...

Methylase

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submitted by thomasalterman(75),

Methylase methylates DNA, making the DNA resistant to restriction endonucleases

*https://d2jmvrsizmvf4x.cloudfront.net/7Pf4zZ3TuGwLTRKvUGYL_methylatedrestriction.jpg





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submitted by stinkysulfaeggs(13),

Me reading this question stem: .....do you mean which of the following ENZYMES?





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submitted by consistentwrongdoer3(6),

Why does methylation cause loss of resistance to GATC restriction endonuclease? Does this have to do with methylation of U to T?

methylased  GATC related to methylase --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam_methylase +2  
sympathetikey  Dam methylase, alright +2  
yogi  https://www.neb.com/tools-and-resources/usage-guidelines/dam-and-dcm-methylases-of-e-coli +2  




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submitted by defalty98(0),

Why are we complicating things? Change in the bases will destroy the palindromic sequence required for any restriction endonuclease to work. Methylation is the only option that makes sense.





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