| id | GO:0004518 Detailed information
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| name | nuclease activity
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| namespace | molecular_function
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| def | "Catalysis of the hydrolysis of ester linkages within nucleic acids." [ISBN:0198547684]
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| comment | Note that 'tRNA nucleotidyltransferase activity ; GO:0009022', also known as 'ribonuclease PH', does not have parentage in the 'nuclease activity' branch of the ontology because both GO and the Enzyme Commission define nuclease activity as a type of hydrolysis.
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| subset | goslim_plant
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| xref | EC:3.1.-.-
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| is_a | GO:0016788 ! hydrolase activity, acting on ester bonds
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