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EC 3.1.21.9 Details
EC number
3.1.21.9
Accepted name
T4 deoxyribonuclease IV
Reaction
Endonucleolytic cleavage of the 5′ phosphodiester bond of deoxycytidine in single-stranded DNA.
Other name(s)
T4 endonuclease IV, EndoIV (ambiguous), denB (gene name)
Comment
This phage T4 enzyme is involved in degradation of host DNA. The enzyme does not cleave double-stranded DNA or native T4 DNA, which contains 5-hydroxymethylcytosine instead of cytosine.
History
created 2014
EC Tree
3.1.1.9 created 1961, deleted 1972
3.1.1.12 created 1961, deleted 1972
3.1.1.16 created 1961, deleted 1972
3.1.1.18 created 1961, deleted 1982
3.1.1.62 created 1989, deleted 1992
3.1.1.69 created 1992, deleted 2002