| id | GO:0019104 Detailed information
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| name | DNA N-glycosylase activity
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| namespace | molecular_function
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| alt_id | GO:0008578
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| def | "Catalysis of the removal of damaged bases by cleaving the N-C1' glycosidic bond between the target damaged DNA base and the deoxyribose sugar. The reaction releases a free base and leaves an apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) site." [GOC:elh, PMID:11554296]
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| synonym | "DNA glycosylase activity" EXACT []
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| synonym | "endonuclease VIII activity" RELATED []
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| xref | EC:3.2.2.-
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| xref | Reactome:7370 "DNA N-glycosylase activity"
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| is_a | GO:0016799 ! hydrolase activity, hydrolyzing N-glycosyl compounds
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