nuclease

Noun
  1. General term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units (synset 114988055)
    is a type of: enzyme - any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions
    subtypes:
    • endonuclease - a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes
    • exonuclease - a nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid

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