Deoxyribonuclease X Explained

Deoxyribonuclease X
Ec Number:3.1.22.5
Cas Number:97002-82-9

Deoxyribonuclease X (Escherichia coli endodeoxyribonuclease, Escherichia coli endodeoxyribonuclease X) is an enzyme.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Endonucleolytic cleavage of supercoiled plasma DNA to linear DNA duplexes

This enzyme has preference for supercoiled DNA.

Notes and References

  1. DasGupta U, Ghosh S . Identification of a new deoxyendonuclease from Escherichia coli that preferentially cleaves supercoiled plasmid DNA . FEBS Letters . 153 . 1 . 60–4 . March 1983 . 6219007 . 10.1016/0014-5793(83)80119-7. free .

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