exonuclease activity, active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and producing 5'-phosphomonoesters

exonuclease activity, active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and producing 5'-phosphomonoesters

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0016796

Catalysis of the hydrolysis of ester linkages within nucleic acids by removing nucleotide residues from the 3' or 5' end to yield 5' phosphomonoesters. [ GOC:mah ]

Synonyms: exonuclease activity, active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and producing 5' phosphomonoesters

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EC:3.1.15.-

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Note that this activity can catalyze cleavage of DNA or RNA.

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GO:0016796

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exonuclease activity