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EC 3.1.22.5 Details
EC number
3.1.22.5
Accepted name
deoxyribonuclease X
Reaction
Endonucleolytic cleavage of supercoiled plasma DNA to linear DNA duplexes
Other name(s)
Escherichia coli endodeoxyribonuclease,
Escherichia coli endodeoxyribonuclease X
CAS registry number
97002-82-9
Comment
Preference for supercoiled DNA; little activity on linear double-stranded DNA. Inhibited by single-stranded DNA, ATP and AMP.
History
created 1992
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