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 2SNM
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
In a staphylococcal nuclease mutant the side-chain of a lysine replacing valine 66 is fully buried in the hydrophobic core.
Stites, W.E., Gittis, A.G., Lattman, E.E., Shortle, D.
J.Mol.Biol.
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