Deoxyribonuclease X

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EC number 3.1.22.5 IntEnz IntEnz view ExPASy NiceZyme view		CAS number 97002-82-9 BRENDA BRENDA entry KEGG KEGG entry

Deoxyribonuclease X (EC 3.1.22.5, Escherichia coli endodeoxyribonuclease, Escherichia coli endodeoxyribonuclease X) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Endonucleolytic cleavage of supercoiled plasma DNA to linear DNA duplexes

This enzyme has preference for supercoiled DNA.

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Deoxyribonuclease X Wikipedia

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