Exonuclease

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Exonucleases are enzymes that cleave nucleotides one at a time from an end of a polynucleotide chain. These enzymes hydrolyze phosphodiester bonds from either the 3' or 5' terminus of polynucleotide molecules.

Examples - Exonuclease III.

See also: Endonuclease

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