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EC 3.1.21.9 Details
EC number
3.1.21.9
Accepted name
T4 deoxyribonuclease IV
Reaction
Endonucleolytic cleavage of the 5′ phosphodiester bond of deoxycytidine in single-stranded DNA.
Other name(s)
T4 endonuclease IV, EndoIV (ambiguous), denB (gene name)
Comment
This phage T4 enzyme is involved in degradation of host DNA. The enzyme does not cleave double-stranded DNA or native T4 DNA, which contains 5-hydroxymethylcytosine instead of cytosine.
History
created 2014
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