CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily 2.40.50.90
Functional Family Thermonuclease

Enzyme Information

3.1.31.1
Micrococcal nuclease.
based on mapping to UniProt P00644
Endonucleolytic cleavage to nucleoside 3'-phosphates and 3'-phosphooligonucleotide end-products.
-!- Hydrolyzes double- or single-stranded substrate. -!- Similar enzymes: Chlamydomonas nuclease, spleen phosphodiesterase, spleen endonuclease. -!- Formerly EC 3.1.4.7.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P00644
NUC_STAAU
Staphylococcus aureus
Thermonuclease

PDB Structure

PDB 2PQE
External Links
Method SOLUTION NMR
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Restricted backbone conformational and motional flexibilities of loops containing peptidyl-proline bonds dominate the enzyme activity of staphylococcal nuclease.
Shan, L., Tong, Y., Xie, T., Wang, M., Wang, J.
Biochemistry
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