Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
nuclease activity
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Catalysis of the hydrolysis of ester linkages within nucleic acids. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0198547684 ]
Term info
Label
nuclease activity
Subsets
goslim_chembl, goslim_generic, goslim_metagenomics, gosubset_prok, goslim_plant, goslim_yeast
IAO 0000412
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go.owl
comment
Note that 'tRNA nucleotidyltransferase activity ; GO:0009022', also known as 'ribonuclease PH', does not have parentage in the 'nuclease activity' branch of the ontology because both GO and the Enzyme Commission define nuclease activity as a type of hydrolysis.
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molecular_function
id
GO:0004518