Reaction: Exonucleolytic cleavage in the 5'- to 3'-direction to yield nucleoside 5'-phosphates
Other name(s): lambda exonuclease; phage lambda-induced exonuclease; Escherichia coli exonuclease IV; E. coli exonuclease IV; exodeoxyribonuclease IV; exonuclease IV
Comments: Preference for double-stranded DNA. Does not attack single-strand breaks. Formerly EC 3.1.4.28.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37367-70-7
References:
1. Lindahl, T., Gally, J.A. and Edelman, G.M. Deoxyribonuclease IV: a new exonuclease from mammalian tissues. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 62 (1969) 597-603. [PMID: 5256235]
2. Little, J.W. An exonuclease induced by bacteriophage lambda. II. Nature of the enzymatic reaction. J. Biol. Chem. 242 (1967) 679-686. [PMID: 6017737]