| diesterase | Enzymes (EC sub-subclass 3.1.4) cleaving phosphodiester bonds, such as those in cAMP or between nucleotides in nucleic acids, liberating smaller poly-or oligonucleotide units or mononucleotides but not inorganic phosphate. Synonym: phosphodiester hydrolases. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 3'-phosphoglycoaldehyde diesterase | <enzyme> Involved in two distinct pathways of DNA repair: initiation of the repair of oxidative strand breaks in DNA and the restoration of sites of base loss caused by many types of DNA-damaging agents; acts as apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease; also hydrolyzes other esters of DNA Registry number: EC 3.1.25.- Synonym: DNA diesterase, 3'-pga diesterase (26 Jun 1999) |
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