Term Information

Accession
GO:0000150
Name
DNA strand exchange activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
recombinase activity, RecA-family recombinase activity, strand exchange activity, strand transferase
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Catalysis of the identification and base-pairing of homologous sequences between single-stranded DNA and double-stranded DNA. Source: GOC:elh
Comment
Note that this term represents activities that do not break or form phosphodiester bonds, and is therefore not a parent of 'site-specific recombinase activity ; GO:0009009'.
History
See term history for GO:0000150 at QuickGO
Subset
goslim_metagenomics
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Parents of DNA strand exchange activity (GO:0000150)
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DNA strand exchange activity [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  DNA recombination (GO:0006310)
DNA strand exchange activity [is_a relation] is_a  catalytic activity, acting on DNA (GO:0140097)

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R-HSA-912458