TaqI
TaqI is a restriction enzyme isolated from the bacterium Thermus aquaticus in 1978.[1] It has a recognition sequence of
5'TCGA
3'AGCT
and makes the cut
5'---T CGA---3'
3'---AGC T---5'
References
- ^ Sato, S. (February 1978). "A single cleavage of Simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA by a site specific endonuclease from Thermus aquaticus, Taq I". J. Biochem (Tokyo) 83 (2): 633–5.