Deoxyribonuclease X

Deoxyribonuclease X (, Escherichia coli endodeoxyribonuclease, Escherichia coli endodeoxyribonuclease X) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction


 * Endonucleolytic cleavage of supercoiled plasma DNA to linear DNA duplexes

This enzyme has preference for supercoiled DNA.