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EC 3.1.31.1 Details
EC number
3.1.31.1
Accepted name
micrococcal nuclease
Reaction
Endonucleolytic cleavage to nucleoside 3′-phosphates and 3′-phosphooligonucleotide end-products
Other name(s)
spleen endonuclease,
thermonuclease,
nuclease T,
micrococcal endonuclease,
nuclease T′,
staphylococcal nuclease,
spleen phosphodiesterase,
Staphylococcus aureus nuclease,
Staphylococcus aureus nuclease B,
ribonucleate (deoxynucleate) 3′-nucleotidohydrolase
CAS registry number
9013-53-0
Comment
Hydrolyses double- or single-stranded substrate.
History
created 1961 as EC 3.1.4.7, transferred 1978 to EC 3.1.31.1, modified 1981
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