CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Divalent-metal-dependent TIM barrel enzymes
Functional Family Probable endonuclease 4

Enzyme Information

3.1.21.2
Deoxyribonuclease IV.
based on mapping to UniProt Q81LV1
Endonucleolytic cleavage to 5'-phosphooligonucleotide end-products.
-!- The enzyme is an apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) site endonuclease that primes DNA repair synthesis at AP sites. -!- It specifically cleaves the DNA backbone at AP sites and also removes 3' DNA-blocking groups such as 3' phosphates, 3' phosphoglycolates, and 3' alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes that arise from oxidative base damage and the activity of combined glycosylase/lyase enzymes. -!- It is also the only known repair enzyme that is able to cleave the DNA backbone 5' of the oxidative lesion alpha-deoxyadenosine. -!- The enzyme has a strong preference for single-stranded DNA. -!- Formerly EC 3.1.4.30.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q81LV1
END4_BACAN
Bacillus anthracis
Probable endonuclease 4

PDB Structure

PDB 1XP3
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Crystal Structure of Endonuclease IV (BA4508) from Bacillus anthracis at 2.57A Resolution.
Fogg, M.J., Levdikov, V.M., Blagova, E.V., Brannigan, J.A., Wilkinson, A.J., Wilson, K.S.
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