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exonuclease activity, active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and producing 5'-phosphomonoesters

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Accession
GO:0016796
Name
exonuclease activity, active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and producing 5'-phosphomonoesters
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
exonuclease activity, active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and producing 5' phosphomonoesters
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Catalysis of the hydrolysis of ester linkages within nucleic acids by removing nucleotide residues from the 3' or 5' end to yield 5' phosphomonoesters. Source: GOC:mah
Comment
Note that this activity can catalyze cleavage of DNA or RNA.
History
See term history for GO:0016796 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
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Subset
None
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Parents of exonuclease activity, active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and producing 5'-phosphomonoesters (GO:0016796)
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exonuclease activity, active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and producing 5'-phosphomonoesters [is_a relation] is_a  exonuclease activity (GO:0004527)
Children of exonuclease activity, active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and producing 5'-phosphomonoesters (GO:0016796)
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RNA exonuclease activity, producing 5'-phosphomonoesters (GO:0016896) [is_a relation] is_a  exonuclease activity, active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and producing 5'-phosphomonoesters
DNA exonuclease activity, producing 5'-phosphomonoesters (GO:0016895) [is_a relation] is_a  exonuclease activity, active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and producing 5'-phosphomonoesters