Reaction: Hydrolyses DNA and polynucleotides, releasing free hypoxanthine
Other name(s): DNA(hypoxanthine) glycohydrolase; deoxyribonucleic acid glycosylase; hypoxanthine-DNA glycosylase
Systematic name: DNA-deoxyinosine deoxyribohydrolase
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 68247-62-1
References:
1. Karran, P. and Lindahl, T. Enzymatic excision of free hypoxanthine from polydeoxynucleotides and DNA containing deoxyinosine monophosphate residues. J. Biol. Chem. 253 (1978) 5877-5879. [PMID: 98523]