Nicking enzymes, also known as nicking endonucleases, are a type of enzyme that can introduce a single-strand break, or "nick," in a DNA molecule. These enzymes recognize specific DNA sequences and cleave one of the two strands, leaving the other strand intact. This is in contrast to restriction enzymes, which typically cut both strands of DNA at specific sequences, resulting in double-strand breaks.
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