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The recognition sequence for the restriction enzyme BamHI is '5-GGATCC-3' on one strand. What would be...

The recognition sequence for the restriction enzyme BamHI is '5-GGATCC-3' on one strand. What would be the recognition site on the complementary strand?

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If the recognition sequence for the restriction enzyme BamHI is '5-G/GATCC-3' on one strand, the recognition site on the complementary strand 3'-CCTAG/G-5' because the restriction site of the restriction enzyme recognized mostly palindromic sequence (mirror image of each other). So, the complementary strand has same sequence in 5' to 3' direction. The restriction enzyme BamHI cuts the DNA in the following manner:-

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