Biology:Deoxyribonuclease X

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Deoxyribonuclease X
Identifiers
EC number3.1.22.5
CAS number97002-82-9
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Deoxyribonuclease X (EC 3.1.22.5, Escherichia coli endodeoxyribonuclease, Escherichia coli endodeoxyribonuclease X) is an enzyme.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Endonucleolytic cleavage of supercoiled plasma DNA to linear DNA duplexes

This enzyme has preference for supercoiled DNA.

References

  1. "Identification of a new deoxyendonuclease from Escherichia coli that preferentially cleaves supercoiled plasmid DNA". FEBS Letters 153 (1): 60–4. March 1983. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(83)80119-7. PMID 6219007. 

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