ENTRY       EC 3.1.31.1
NAME        Micrococcal nuclease
            Micrococcal endonuclease
CLASS       Hydrolases
            Acting on ester bonds
            Endonucleases active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids
            and producing other than 5'-phosphomonoesters
REACTION    Endonucleolytic cleavage to 3'-phosphomononucleotide and
            3'-phosphooligonucleotide end-products
SUBSTRATE   RNA
            H2O
            DNA
PRODUCT     3'-Phosphomononucleotide
            3'-Phosphooligonucleotide
COMMENT     Hydrolyses double- or single-stranded substrate. Similar enzymes:
            Chlamydomonas nuclease; Spleen phosphodiesterase; Spleen
            endonuclease. Formerly EC 3.1.4.7. cf. EC 3.1.16.1.
            (EC 3.1.16.1 Spleen exonuclease)
MOTIF       PS: PS01123  D-G-D-T-[LIVM]-x-[LIVM]-x(9)-R-[LIVM]-x(2)-[LIVM]-D-x-
                         P-E
GENES       MJA: MJ1439
            MTH: MTH494
STRUCTURES  PDB: 1SYC  1SYD  1SYE  1SYB  1SYG  2ENB  2SNM  2SOB  1STY  1STN  
                 1STH  1STG  1STB  1STA  1SNQ  1SNP  1SNO  1SNM  1SND  1SNC  
                 1NUC  1NSN  1KDC  1KDB  1KDA  1ENC  1ENA  1AEX  1SYF  
DBLINKS     University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 3.1.31.1
            WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 3.1.31.1
            SCOP (Structural Classificaion of Proteins): 3.1.31.1
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