Deoxyribonuclease II

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deoxyribonuclease II alpha
Identifiers
Symbol DNASE2
Alt. Symbols DNASE2A, DRN2, DNL, DNL2
Entrez 1777
HUGO 2960
OMIM 126350
RefSeq NM_001375
UniProt O00115
Other data
EC number 3.1.22.1
Locus Chr. 19 p13.2
deoxyribonuclease II beta
Identifiers
Symbol DNASE2B
Entrez 58511
HUGO 28875
OMIM 608057
RefSeq NM_021233
UniProt Q8WZ79
Other data
EC number 3.1.22.1
Locus Chr. 1 p22.3

Deoxyribonuclease II, or Acid DNase, hydrolyzes deoxyribonucleotide linkages in native and denatured DNA yielding products with 3'-phosphates. As the name implies, it is more effective at acid pHs.

There are several known DNases II, including:

  • DNase II alpha (usually just called DNase II)
  • DNase II beta (also called DLAD, or DNase II-Like Acid DNase)

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