TaqI explained
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
- February 1978. S.. Sato. A single cleavage of Simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA by a site specific endonuclease from Thermus aquaticus, Taq I. J. Biochem.. 83. 2. 633–5. 204628. 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a131952.