Category:GO:0009036 ! type II site-specific deoxyribonuclease activity

id: GO:0009036

name: type II site-specific deoxyribonuclease activity
namespace: molecular_function
def: "Catalysis of the endonucleolytic cleavage of DNA to give specific double-stranded fragments with terminal 5'-phosphates and 3' hydroxyls. Cleavage is dependent on the presence in the DNA of a specific recognition site; cleavage occurs at or very near this recognition site." [EC:3.1.21.4, PMID:12654995]
synonym: "type II restriction enzyme activity" EXACT []
xref: EC:3.1.21.4
xref: MetaCyc:3.1.21.4-RXN
is_a: GO:0015666 ! restriction endodeoxyribonuclease activity
is_a: GO:0016888 ! endodeoxyribonuclease activity, producing 5'-phosphomonoesters

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0009036</GOterm>
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