nuclease activity

id: GO:0004518
name: nuclease activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the hydrolysis of ester linkages within nucleic acids.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0004519endonuclease activity
GO:0004527exonuclease activity
GO:0004536deoxyribonuclease activity
GO:0004540ribonuclease activity
GO:0008946oligonucleotidase activity

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0016788hydrolase activity, acting on ester bonds