CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily 2.40.50.90
Functional Family Thermonuclease

Enzyme Information

3.1.31.1
Micrococcal nuclease.
based on mapping to UniProt P00644
Endonucleolytic cleavage to nucleoside 3'-phosphates and 3'-phosphooligonucleotide end-products.
-!- Hydrolyzes double- or single-stranded substrate. -!- Similar enzymes: Chlamydomonas nuclease, spleen phosphodiesterase, spleen endonuclease. -!- Formerly EC 3.1.4.7.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P00644
NUC_STAAU
Staphylococcus aureus
Thermonuclease

PDB Structure

PDB 3D6C
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
The pK(a) values of acidic and basic residues buried at the same internal location in a protein are governed by different factors.
Harms, M.J., Castaneda, C.A., Schlessman, J.L., Sue, G.R., Isom, D.G., Cannon, B.R., Garcia-Moreno, E.B.
J.Mol.Biol.