| id | GO:0016796 Detailed information
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| name | exonuclease activity, active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and producing 5'-phosphomonoesters
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| namespace | molecular_function
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| def | "Catalysis of the hydrolysis of ester linkages within nucleic acids by removing nucleotide residues from the 3' or 5' end to yield 5' phosphomonoesters." [GOC:mah]
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| comment | Note that this activity can catalyze cleavage of DNA or RNA.
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| synonym | "exonuclease activity, active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and producing 5' phosphomonoesters" EXACT []
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| xref | EC:3.1.15
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| is_a | GO:0004527 ! exonuclease activity
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