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14 September, 08:35

For both questions, assume that the four types of nucleotides are equally likely to be found in DNA. Calculate how often, on average, a type II restriction endonuclease is expected to cut a DNA molecule if the recognition sequence for the enzyme has 5 bp. Once in every ___ bp

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  1. 14 September, 10:01
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    1024 bp

    Explanation:

    we know that the frequency of any base sequence in DNA is 1 / (4ⁿ). so we can calculate it for 5 bp sequence

    for 5 bp recognition sequence = 1 / (4⁵) = 1024 bp
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