ENTRY       EC 3.1.11.6
NAME        Exodeoxyribonuclease VII
            E.coli exonuclease VII
CLASS       Hydrolases
            Acting on ester bonds
            Exodeoxyribonucleases producing 5'-phosphomonoesters
REACTION    Exonucleolytic cleavage in either 5'- to 3'- or 3'- to
            5'-direction to yield 5'-phosphomononucleotides.
SUBSTRATE   Nucleotide
            H2O
            Single-stranded DNA
PRODUCT     5'-Phosphomononucleotide
COMMENT     Preference for single-stranded DNA. Similar enzyme: Micrococcus
            luteus exonuclease.
GENES       ECO: b0422(xseB) b2509(xseA)
            HIN: HI0397(xseA) HI1437(xseB)
            HPY: HP0259(xseA)
            BSU: yqiB yqiC
DBLINKS     University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 3.1.11.6
            WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 3.1.11.6
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