Type II site-specific deoxyribonuclease

Type II site-specific deoxyribonuclease
Identifiers
EC number 3.1.21.4
CAS number 2620833
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Type II site-specific deoxyribonuclease (EC 3.1.21.4, type II restriction enzyme) is an enzyme.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Endonucleolytic cleavage of DNA to give specific double-stranded fragments with terminal 5'-phosphates

References

  1. Roberts, R.J. (1990). "Restriction enzymes and their isoschizomers". Nucleic Acids Res. 18: 2331–2365. doi:10.1093/nar/18.suppl.2331. PMID 2159140.

See also

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