Sesamin is one of the major lignans found in sesame oil. Sesamin-metabolic pathways remain uncharacterized at both the enzyme and gene levels. However, one microorganism showed significant sesamin-degrading activity and was identified as Sinomonas sp. no. 22. A sesamin- metabolizing enzyme named SesA was purified from this strain and characterized. Explain how sesamin methylene transferase was identified and characterized and explain the mechanism. Based on your knowledge, what other assays could be run to characterize this enzyme?
Gene Interactions
When the expression of a single trait is influenced by two or more different non-allelic genes, it is termed as genetic interaction. According to Mendel's law of inheritance, each gene functions in its own way and does not depend on the function of another gene, i.e., a single gene controls each of seven characteristics considered, but the complex contribution of many different genes determine many traits of an organism.
Gene Expression
Gene expression is a process by which the instructions present in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are converted into useful molecules such as proteins, and functional messenger ribonucleic (mRNA) molecules in the case of non-protein-coding genes.
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