Question

The ‘molecular scissors’ fall in the category of ______.

Options

• Cleaving enzyme

• Endonuclease

• Exonuclease

• Restriction enzymes

Answer 1

The ‘molecular scissors’ fall in the category of restriction enzymes. 

Explanation:

'Molecular scissors' usually refers to enzymes called restriction enzymes or restriction endonucleases. These enzymes are proteins that can find certain parts of DNA and cut it at or near those parts.