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EC 4.1.99.3 Details
EC number
4.1.99.3
Accepted name
deoxyribodipyrimidine photo-lyase
Reaction
cyclobutadipyrimidine (in DNA) = 2 pyrimidine residues (in DNA)
Other name(s)
photoreactivating enzyme, DNA photolyase, DNA-photoreactivating enzyme, DNA cyclobutane dipyrimidine photolyase, DNA photolyase, deoxyribonucleic photolyase, deoxyribodipyrimidine photolyase, photolyase, PRE, PhrB photolyase, deoxyribonucleic cyclobutane dipyrimidine photolyase, phr A photolyase, dipyrimidine photolyase (photosensitive), deoxyribonucleate pyrimidine dimer lyase (photosensitive)
Systematic name
deoxyribocyclobutadipyrimidine pyrimidine-lyase
CAS registry number
37290-70-3
Comment
A flavoprotein (FAD), containing a second chromophore group. The enzyme catalyses the reactivation by light of irradiated DNA. A similar reactivation of irradiated RNA is probably due to a separate enzyme.
History
created 1972
EC Tree
4.1.99.4 created 1981, deleted 2002
4.1.99.6 created 1989, deleted 2000
4.1.99.7 created 1992 as EC 2.5.1.40, transferred 1999 to EC 4.1.99.7, deleted 2000
4.1.99.8 created 2000, deleted 2000
4.1.99.9 created 2000, deleted 2000
4.1.99.10 created 2000, deleted 2000