What is "exodeoxyribonuclease"

Exodeoxyribonucleases are enzymes in the EC number family 3.1.11.

They catalyze the division of DNA.

They are a type of esterase.

Exodeoxyribonuclease (lambda-induced) (, lambda exonuclease, phage lambda-induced exonuclease, Escherichia coli exonuclease IV, E. coli exonuclease IV, exodeoxyribonuclease IV, exonuclease IV) is an exonuclease. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Exonucleolytic cleavage in the 5'- to 3'-direction to yield nucleoside 5'-phosphates

This enzyme has preference for double-stranded DNA (dsDNA). This means that it degrades a single strand of dsDNA, primarily any strand which has a phosphate at its 5' end.

Exodeoxyribonuclease (phage SP3-induced) (, phage SP3 DNase, DNA 5'-dinucleotidohydrolase, deoxyribonucleate 5'-dinucleotidase, deoxyribonucleic 5'-dinucleotidohydrolase, bacteriophage SP3 deoxyribonuclease) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Exonucleolytic cleavage in the 5'- to 3'-direction to yield nucleoside 5'-phosphates

Preference for single-stranded DNA.