If you were to digest this DNA with PstI, which length of DNA fragment would migrate the fastest on an agarose gel?
A 6.85 kb EcoRI fragment of DNA is shown below. The location of several restriction sites is indicated. Scale is approximate.
A. 803
B. 2622
C. 3425
D. 235
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· What is the key concept addressed by the question?
· What type of thinking is required?
· What key words does the question contain and what do they mean?
Gather Content
· What do you already know about restriction enzymes?
Consider Possibilities
· What other information is related to the question? Which information is most useful?
Choose Answer
· Given what you now know, what information and/or problem solving approach is most likely to produce the correct answer?
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· Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a more desirable result?
A. 803
Clarify Question
· What is the key concept addressed by the question?
o This question addresses restriction enzymes.
· What type of thinking is required?
o This question is asking you to analyze the information given, using logic, to dissect the problem and determine the answer.
· What key words does the question contain and what do they mean?
o A 6.85 kb EcoRI fragment of DNA is a piece of DNA 6850 base pairs long, that was already cut with the enzyme EcoRI.
o Restriction sites are recognition sites for different restriction enzymes.
o Digesting the DNA with PstI means to treat the DNA with the enzyme PstI, cleaving it.
o Migrating on a gel means moving down a gel to the end in the gel electrophoresis technique.
Gather Content
· What do you already know about restriction enzymes?
o Restriction enzymes recognize a specific DNA sequence, ranging from 4 bases to 12 bases, and cleave the DNA at a specific base within this sequence.
o The recognition sites for most type II enzymes are palindromes. The palindromic DNA sequence reads the same from 5¢ to 3¢ on one strand as it does on the complementary strand.
o Enzymes can cut in more than one spot on the same DNA fragment, as long as the treatment is given enough time.
Consider Possibilities
· What other information is related to the question? Which information is most useful?
o What kind of DNA fragments migrate fastest on a gel? The shortest fragments.
Choose Answer
· Given what you now know, what information and/or problem solving approach is most likely to produce the correct answer?
o Since there are two PstI sites, the fragment will be cut twice, leaving three pieces of DNA.
o Remember this was already a DNA fragment, so the ends are free.
o What are the lengths of the different PstI fragments? 803, 2622, and 3425.
o Which is the shortest and fastest? 803.
Reflect on Process
· Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a more desirable result?
o This question asked how many fragments would result for the DNA with a PstI digestion.
o The question required you to analyze the information given, using logic, to dissect the problem and determine the answer.
o Did you recognize that by cutting in two spots, the DNA is broken into three fragments?
o Did you read carefully enough to understand that the DNA had already been cut with EcoRI, and now you are cutting with PstI?
o Did you remember that the shortest fragments migrate the fastest on a gel?
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