With an example, explain the convention for naming restriction endonucleases scientifically.

Explanation

The convention for naming these enzymes is the first letter of the name comes from the genes and second two letters comes from the species of the prokaryotic cell from which they isolated
Eg. EcoRI scientific the name of restriction endonuclease.
(i) The first capital letter .E’ denotes the genus Escherichia.
(ii) The second two small letters .co’ denote species coli
(iii) The second capital letter .R’ denotes the name of the strain Escherichia coli Ry13.
(iv) The Roman number .l’ indicates the order in which the enzyme is isolated from that strain of Bacteria.