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Research, Technology, Methods > chemical substances > biochemical compounds > enzymes > lyases > carbon-carbon lyases > deoxyribodipyrimidine photo-lyase
Fields of Study > biochemistry > biochemical compounds > enzymes > lyases > carbon-carbon lyases > deoxyribodipyrimidine photo-lyase
Preferred Term:

deoxyribodipyrimidine photo-lyase

Definition:
An enzyme that catalyzes the reactivation by light of UV-irradiated DNA. It breaks two carbon-carbon bonds in pyrimidine dimers in DNA.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
carbon-carbon lyases
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • DNA cyclobutane dipyrimidine photolyase
  • deoxyribocyclobutadipyrimidine pyrimidine-lyase
  • photolyase
  • DNA photolyase
  • photoreactivating enzyme
  • DNA-photoreactivating enzyme
  • deoxyribonucleic cyclobutane dipyrimidine photolyase
  • deoxyribonucleic photolyase
  • EC 4.1.99.3
  • deoxyribodipyrimidine photolyase
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/287853
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