Endonuclease activity in lipocalins
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Endonuclease activity in lipocalins.
Several lipocalins contain conserved amino acid sequences similar to the phosphodiester bond cleavage domain of sugar non-specific magnesium-dependent nucleases of the Serratia marcescens type. His-89 and Glu-127 of the S. marcescens endonuclease are believed to have a role in the active catalytic site by the attack of a water molecule at the phosphorus atom of the bridging phosphate. Tear lipo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemical Journal
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0264-6021
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3470815