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EC 3.1.22.4 Details
EC number
3.1.22.4
Accepted name
crossover junction endodeoxyribonuclease
Reaction
Endonucleolytic cleavage at a junction such as a reciprocal single-stranded crossover between two homologous DNA duplexes (Holliday junction)
Other name(s)
Hje endonuclease,
Holliday junction endonuclease CCE1,
Holliday junction resolvase,
Holliday junction-cleaving endonuclease,
Holliday junction-resolving endoribonuclease,
RusA Holliday junction resolvase,
RusA endonuclease,
RuvC endonuclease,
SpCCe1 Holliday junction resolvase,
crossover junction endoribonuclease,
cruciform-cutting endonuclease,
endo X3,
endonuclease RuvC,
endonuclease VII,
endonuclease X3,
resolving enzyme CCE1
CAS registry number
99676-43-4
Comment
The enzyme from Saccharomyces cerevisiae has no endonuclease or exonuclease activity on single-stranded or double-stranded DNA molecules that do not contain Holliday junctions.
History
created 1989, modified 2003, deleted 2021
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