Deoxyribonuclease I

Synonyms

DNA Endonuclease

DNA Nicking Enzyme

DNAase I

DNase I

DNase, Pancreatic

Dornavac

Endonuclease I

Endonuclease, DNA

Nickase

Pancreatic DNase

Streptodornase

T4 Endonuclease II

T4-Endonuclease II

T7 Endonuclease I

T7-Endonuclease I

Thymonuclease

An enzyme capable of hydrolyzing highly polymerized DNA by splitting phosphodiester linkages, preferentially adjacent to a pyrimidine nucleotide. This catalyzes endonucleolytic cleavage of DNA yielding 5'-phosphodi- and oligonucleotide end-products. The enzyme has a preference for double-stranded DNA.