| Entry |
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| Name |
deoxyribonuclease X;
Escherichia coli endodeoxyribonuclease;
Escherichia coli endodeoxyribonuclease X
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| Class |
Hydrolases;
Acting on ester bonds;
Endodeoxyribonucleases producing 3'-phosphomonoesters
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| Reaction(IUBMB) |
Endonucleolytic cleavage of supercoiled plasma DNA to linear DNA duplexes
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| Comment |
Preference for supercoiled DNA; little activity on linear double-stranded DNA. Inhibited by single-stranded DNA, ATP and AMP.
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| Reference |
1 |
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| Authors |
Ghosh, S. and DasGupta, U. |
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| Title |
Studies with endonuclease X: a new deoxyendonuclease of E. coli that preferentially cleaves supercoiled plasmid DNA. |
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| Journal |
Curr. Trends Life Sci. 12 (1984) 79-88. |
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| Other DBs |
ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature: ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: BRENDA, the Enzyme Database: CAS: 97002-82-9 |
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