Category:GO:0004518 ! nuclease activity

name: nuclease activity
namespace: molecular_function
def: "Catalysis of the hydrolysis of ester linkages within nucleic acids." [ISBN:0198547684]
comment: Note that 'tRNA nucleotidyltransferase activity ; GO:0009022', also known as 'ribonuclease PH', does not have parentage in the 'nuclease activity' branch of the ontology because both GO and the Enzyme Commission define nuclease activity as a type of hydrolysis.
subset: goslim_plant
subset: goslim_yeast
subset: gosubset_prok
xref: EC:3.1.-.-
is_a: GO:0016788 ! hydrolase activity, acting on ester bonds

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Child Terms

This term has the following 5 child terms, out of 5 total.

• [+] GO:0004519 ! endonuclease activity (5)
• [+] GO:0004527 ! exonuclease activity (8)
• [+] GO:0004536 ! deoxyribonuclease activity (4)
• [+] GO:0004540 ! ribonuclease activity (10)
• [+] GO:0008946 ! oligonucleotidase activity (2)

Pages in category "GO:0004518 ! nuclease activity"

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