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 P0A6C1
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)

P0A6C1
END4_ECOLI
Escherichia coli K-12
Endonuclease 4

PDB Structure

PDB 1QUM
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Structure of the DNA repair enzyme endonuclease IV and its DNA complex: double-nucleotide flipping at abasic sites and three-metal-ion catalysis.
Hosfield, D.J., Guan, Y., Haas, B.J., Cunningham, R.P., Tainer, J.A.
Cell(Cambridge,Mass.)