The Enzyme Database

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EC 3.1.3.33     
Accepted name: polynucleotide 5′-phosphatase
Reaction: a 5′-phosphopolynucleotide + H2O = a polynucleotide + phosphate
Other name(s): 5′-polynucleotidase
Systematic name: polynucleotide 5′-phosphohydrolase
Comments: Does not act on nucleoside monophosphates. Induced in Escherichia coli by T-even phages.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37288-17-8
References:
1.  Becker, A. and Hurwitz, J. The enzymatic cleavage of phosphate termini from polynucleotides. J. Biol. Chem. 242 (1967) 936–950. [PMID: 4289819]
[EC 3.1.3.33 created 1972]
 
 


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