Reaction: Exonucleolytic cleavage in the 5'- to 3'-direction to yield nucleoside 5'-phosphates
Other name(s): phage SP3 DNase; DNA 5'-dinucleotidohydrolase; deoxyribonucleate 5'-dinucleotidase; deoxyribonucleic 5'-dinucleotidohydrolase; bacteriophage SP3 deoxyribonuclease; deoxyribonucleate 5'-dinucleotidase
Comments: Preference for single-stranded DNA. Formerly EC 3.1.4.31.
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References:
1. Trilling, D.M. and Aposhian, H.V. Sequential cleavage of dinucleotides from DNA by phage Sp3 DNAse. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 60 (1968) 214-221. [PMID: 4968633]