Deoxyribonuclease X (EC 3.1.22.5, Escherichia coli endodeoxyribonuclease, Escherichia coli endodeoxyribonuclease X) is an enzyme.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Deoxyribonuclease X
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EC no.3.1.22.5
CAS no.97002-82-9
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Endonucleolytic cleavage of supercoiled plasma DNA to linear DNA duplexes

This enzyme has preference for supercoiled DNA.

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  1. ^ DasGupta U, Ghosh S (March 1983). "Identification of a new deoxyendonuclease from Escherichia coli that preferentially cleaves supercoiled plasmid DNA". FEBS Letters. 153 (1): 60–4. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(83)80119-7. PMID 6219007.
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