Circular DNA can be cleaved by:
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endonucleases and exonucleases, but not topoisomerases
exonucleases, but not endonucleases or topoisomerases
endonucleases, topoisomerases, and exonucleases
endonucleases and topoisomerases, but not exonucleases
topoisomerases and exonucleases, but not endonucleases
Ans : Circular DNA can be cleaved by
Endonucleases & topoisomerases but not exonucleases
Topoisomerases are responsible for preventing the supercoiling or torsional strain of double stranded DNA, which helps in stabilizing the DNA & helping the endonucleases to cut the specific recognition sites within the strand of DNA. So , endonucleases in association with topoisomerases helps in cleaving the circular DNA.
- But exonucleases plays no role in cleavage of circular DNA , as exonucleases cuts the linear double stranded DNA . These enzymes removes individual nucleotides from the ends of the linear strands.
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