Term Information

Accession

GO:0016893

Ontology

molecular function

Synonyms

related: endoribonuclease activity, active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and producing 5'-phosphomonoesters

exact: 5'-endonuclease activity

Definition

Catalysis of the hydrolysis of ester linkages within nucleic acids by creating internal breaks to yield 5'-phosphomonoesters. [source: GOC:mah]

Comment

Note that this activity can catalyze cleavage of DNA or RNA.

Subset

• Unavailable

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External References

EC (1)

• 3.1.30

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