InterPro domain: IPR002711

General Information

  • Identifier IPR002711
  • Description HNH endonuclease
  • Number of genes 239
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  • Associated GO terms GO:0003676   GO:0004519  

Abstract

HNH endonuclease is found in bacteria and viruses [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]. This family includes pyocins, colicins and anaredoxins.


1. Statistical modeling and analysis of the LAGLIDADG family of site-specific endonucleases and identification of an intein that encodes a site-specific endonuclease of the HNH family. Nucleic Acids Res. 25, 4626-38
2. Self-splicing group I and group II introns encode homologous (putative) DNA endonucleases of a new family. Protein Sci. 3, 1117-20
3. Amino acid sequence motif of group I intron endonucleases is conserved in open reading frames of group II introns. Trends Biochem. Sci. 19, 402-4

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