A DNA repair enzyme that catalyses the excision of ribose residues at apurinic and apyrimidinic DNA sites that can result from the action of DNA GLYCOSYLASES. The enzyme catalyzes a beta-elimination reaction in which the C-O-P bond 3' to the apurinic or apyrimidinic site in DNA is broken, leaving a 3'-terminal unsaturated sugar and a product with a terminal 5'-phosphate. This enzyme was previously listed under EC 3.1.25.2.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D043603
altLabel
Apurinic Endonuclease
Endonuclease, Apurinic DNA
DNA Endonuclease, Apurinic
Endonuclease, Apurine-Apyrimidine
AP Endonuclease
Endodeoxyribonuclease (Apurinic or Apyrimidinic)
Endonuclease, AP
Apurinic DNA Endonuclease
Endonuclease, Apurinic
AP Lyase
DNA Lyase (Apurinic or Apyrimidinic)
Apurine Apyrimidine Endonuclease
Apurine-Apyrimidine Endonuclease
AQL
AD AE AI AN BI BL CF CH CL CS DE DF EC GE HI IM IP ME PD PH PK PO RE SD ST TO TU UL UR
cui
C0950398
DC
1
definition
A DNA repair enzyme that catalyses the excision of ribose residues at apurinic and apyrimidinic DNA sites that can result from the action of DNA GLYCOSYLASES. The enzyme catalyzes a beta-elimination reaction in which the C-O-P bond 3' to the apurinic or apyrimidinic site in DNA is broken, leaving a 3'-terminal unsaturated sugar and a product with a terminal 5'-phosphate. This enzyme was previously listed under EC 3.1.25.2.
DX
20040101
HN
2004; use DNA-(APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE (NM) 1980-2003