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type II site-specific deoxyribonuclease complex

Term Information

Accession
GO:0009359
Name
type II site-specific deoxyribonuclease complex
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
type II restriction enzyme complex
Alternate IDs
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Definition
A protein complex that functions as an endonuclease to cleave DNA at or near a specific recognition site, when that site is unmethylated. These complexes may be dimers or tetramers; it is also possible for the endonuclease to be in a complex with the corresponding methyltransferase that methylates the recognition site. DNA restriction systems such as this are used by bacteria to defend against phage and other foreign DNA that may enter a cell. Source: PMID:12654995
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0009359 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of type II site-specific deoxyribonuclease complex (GO:0009359)
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type II site-specific deoxyribonuclease complex [is_a relation] is_a  endodeoxyribonuclease complex (GO:1905347)
type II site-specific deoxyribonuclease complex [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  cytoplasm (GO:0005737)

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