Venom exonuclease explained

Venom exonuclease
Ec Number:3.1.15.1
Cas Number:9025-82-5

Venom exonuclease (venom phosphodiesterase) is an enzyme.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Exonucleolytic cleavage in the 3'- to 5'- direction to yield nucleoside 5'-phosphates (exonuclease type a)

This enzyme has preference for single-stranded substrate.

Notes and References

  1. Book:, Sr. Pancreatic deoxyribonuclease I . Procedures in Nucleic Acid Research . Laskowski M . 1966 . 85–101 . Cantoni GL, Davies DR . Procedures in Nucleic Acid Research . New York .