So far, the text that has accompanied this picture has claimed the rattlesnake was killed in either Poteau Mountain, Arkansas or Olla, Louisiana. Although the location may change, the size of the snake is apparently being consistently reported as 11 feet 4 inches and 59 pounds (with 28 rattles). Let's start with what we know. The color and patterning of the snake give it away as a Timber Rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus.
DNA gyrase, often referred to simply as gyrase, is an enzyme that relieves strain while double-stranded DNA is being unwound by helicase. This causes negative supercoiling of the DNA.Bacterial DNA gyrase is the target of many antibiotics, including nalidixic acid, novobiocin, and ciprofloxacin. bacterial DNA topoisomerase II that catalyzes ATP-dependent breakage of both strands of DNA, passage of the unbroken strands through the breaks, and rejoining of the broken strands. Gyrase binds to DNA as a heterotetramer consisting two A and two B subunits.
Cutting and Splicing DNA Molecules. If you want to insert a piece of new DNA (foreign DNA) into an existing strand you'd have to cut the existing strand, somehow position the foreign DNA, and then join the strands. This joining is called ligation and can be done with the enzyme DNA ligase. Restriction enzymes are produced by bacteria and function to protect bacteria from foreign DNA (like viruses). Restriction enzymes work by degrading foreign DNA. Restriction enzymes recognize and cut the sugar phosphate backbone of the DNA molecule at specific sites on a strand of DNA. The restriction enzyme recognition site is determined by a specific sequence of nucleotides. Thousands of restriction enzymes have been isolated, although many share the same recognition sequence.