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EC 3.1.11.5 Details
EC number
3.1.11.5
Accepted name
exodeoxyribonuclease V
Reaction
Exonucleolytic cleavage (in the presence of ATP) in either 5′- to 3′- or 3′- to 5′-direction to yield 5′-phosphooligonucleotides
Other name(s)
Escherichia coli exonuclease V,
E. coli exonuclease V,
gene recBC endoenzyme,
RecBC deoxyribonuclease,
gene recBC DNase,
exonuclease V,
gene recBCD enzymes
CAS registry number
37350-26-8
Comment
Preference for double-stranded DNA. Possesses DNA-dependent ATPase activity. Acts endonucleolytically on single-stranded circular DNA.
History
created 1978
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