CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Endonuclease/exonuclease/phosphatase
Functional Family Exodeoxyribonuclease III

Enzyme Information

3.1.11.2
Exodeoxyribonuclease III.
based on mapping to UniProt P37454
Exonucleolytic cleavage in the 3'- to 5'-direction to yield nucleoside 5'-phosphates.
-!- Preference for double-stranded DNA. -!- Has endonucleolytic activity near apurinic sites on DNA. -!- Similar enzyme: Haemophilus influenzae exonuclease. -!- Formerly EC 3.1.4.27.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P37454
EXOA_BACSU
Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. 168
Exodeoxyribonuclease

PDB Structure

PDB 5CFE
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Structural comparison of AP endonucleases from the exonuclease III family reveals new amino acid residues in human AP endonuclease 1 that are involved in incision of damaged DNA.
Redrejo-Rodriguez, M., Vigouroux, A., Mursalimov, A., Grin, I., Alili, D., Koshenov, Z., Akishev, Z., Maksimenko, A., Bissenbaev, A.K., Matkarimov, B.T., Saparbaev, M., Ishchenko, A.A., Morera, S.
Biochimie