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Restriction Enzymes plugin

Restriction Enzymes plugin provides a tool to mark restriction enzymes cut sites in a DNA sequence.

Usage example:

Open a DNA sequence in Sequence view and use "Analyse->Restriction Enzymes" item in popup menu.


A menu to activate Restriction Enzymes dialog


In the dialog select the enzymes to mark in sequence:


Enzymes selection dialog


Note, that you can use custom files with enzymes. UGENE supports 'bairoch' file format provided as a part REBASE restriction enzymes database releases. The latest version can usually be found by this link.

The results are stored as a DNA sequence annotations. The direct and complement cut site positions are visialized as a black triangles between nucleotides.


Restriction enzymes visualized


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