Endodeoxyribonucleases

Endodeoxyribonucleases

Endodeoxyribonucleases are enzymes which are both deoxyribonucleases and endonucleases.

They are classified with EC numbers 3.1.21 through 3.1.25.

Examples include:
* DNA restriction enzymes
* micrococcal nuclease

External links

*


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • List of EC numbers (EC 3) — This list contains a list of EC numbers for the third group, EC 3, hydrolases, placed in numerical order as determined by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.EC 3.1: Acting on Ester BondsEC… …   Wikipedia

  • Deoxyribonuclease — Crystals of DNase protein. A deoxyribonuclease (DNase, for short) is any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolytic cleavage of phosphodiester linkages in the DNA backbone. Thus, deoxyribonucleases are one type of nuclease. A wide variety of… …   Wikipedia

  • deoxyribonuclease — Any enzyme (phosphodiesterase) hydrolyzing phosphodiester bonds in DNA. SEE ALSO: endonuclease, nuclease. acid d. SYN: d. II. d. I, DNase I an endonuclease that cleaves primarily double stranded DNA to a mixture of oligodeoxyribonucleotides, each …   Medical dictionary

  • Meganuclease — Meganucleases are endodeoxyribonucleases characterized by a large recognition site (double stranded DNA sequences of 12 to 40 base pairs); as a result this site generally occurs only once in any given genome. For example, the 18 base pair… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”