exonuclease activity

id: GO:0004527
name: exonuclease activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the hydrolysis of ester linkages within nucleic acids by removing nucleotide residues from the 3' or 5' end.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0004528phosphodiesterase I activity
GO:0004529exodeoxyribonuclease activity
GO:0004532exoribonuclease activity
GO:00084083'-5' exonuclease activity
GO:00084095'-3' exonuclease activity
GO:0016796exonuclease activity, active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and producing 5'-phosphomonoesters
GO:0016797exonuclease activity, active with either ribo- or deoxyribonucleic acids and producing 3'-phosphomonoesters

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0004518nuclease activity