| EC |
3.1.3.33 |
| Accepted name: |
polynucleotide 5′-phosphatase |
| Reaction: |
a 5′-phosphopolynucleotide + H2O = a polynucleotide + phosphate |
| Other name(s): |
5′-polynucleotidase |
| Systematic name: |
polynucleotide 5′-phosphohydrolase |
| Comments: |
Does not act on nucleoside monophosphates. Induced in Escherichia coli by T-even phages. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37288-17-8 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Becker, A. and Hurwitz, J. The enzymatic cleavage of phosphate termini from polynucleotides. J. Biol. Chem. 242 (1967) 936–950. [PMID: 4289819] |
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| [EC 3.1.3.33 created 1972] |
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