Venom exonuclease

Venom exonuclease
Identifiers
EC number 3.1.15.1
CAS number 9025-82-5
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Venom exonuclease (EC 3.1.15.1, venom phosphodiesterase) is an enzyme.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Exonucleolytic cleavage in the 3'- to 5'- direction to yield nucleoside 5'-phosphates (exonuclease type a)

This enzyme has preference for single-stranded substrate.

References

  1. Laskowski, M. (1966). ", Sr. Pancreatic deoxyribonuclease I". In Cantoni, G.L.; Davies, D.R. Procedures in Nucleic Acid Research. New York: Procedures in Nucleic Acid Research. pp. 85–101.
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