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EC 3.1.21.8 Details
EC number
3.1.21.8
Accepted name
T4 deoxyribonuclease II
Reaction
Endonucleolytic nicking and cleavage of cytosine-containing double-stranded DNA.
Other name(s)
T4 endonuclease II, EndoII (ambiguous), denA (gene name)
Comment
Requires Mg2+. This phage T4 enzyme is involved in degradation of host DNA. The enzyme primarily catalyses nicking of the bottom strand of double stranded DNA between the first and second base pair to the right of a top-strand CCGC motif. Double-stranded breaks are produced 5- to 10-fold less frequently [3]. It does not cleave the T4 native DNA, which contains 5-hydroxymethylcytosine instead of cytosine.
History
created 2014
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