endonuclease activity

id: GO:0004519
name: endonuclease activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the hydrolysis of ester linkages within nucleic acids by creating internal breaks.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0004520endodeoxyribonuclease activity
GO:0004521endoribonuclease activity
GO:0016893endonuclease activity, active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and producing 5'-phosphomonoesters
GO:0016894endonuclease activity, active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and producing 3'-phosphomonoesters
GO:0043765T/G mismatch-specific endonuclease activity

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0004518nuclease activity