IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 3.1.11.6

Accepted name: exodeoxyribonuclease VII

Reaction: Exonucleolytic cleavage in either 5'- to 3'- or 3'- to 5'-direction to yield nucleoside 5'-phosphates

Other name(s): Escherichia coli exonuclease VII; E. coli exonuclease VII; endodeoxyribonuclease VII; exonuclease VII

Comments: Preference for single-stranded DNA.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 52933-20-7

References:

1. Chase, J.W. and Richardson, C.C. Ribonuclease VII of Escherichia coli. J. Biol. Chem. 249 (1974) 4545-4552.

2. Chase, J.W. and Richardson, C.C. Exonuclease VII of Escherichia coli. J. Biol. Chem. 249 (1974) 4553-4561.

[EC 3.1.11.6 created 1978]


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