Term Information

Accession
GO:0051747
Name
cytosine C-5 DNA demethylase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
DNA methyltransferase activity acting on cytosine C-5, DNA demethylase activity, hydrolytic DNA demethylase activity
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: methyl-dCpdG DNA + H2O = dCpdG DNA + methanol. This reaction is the hydrolytic removal of the methyl group on the 5 position of cytosine in DNA. Source: PMID:10050851
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0051747 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of cytosine C-5 DNA demethylase activity (GO:0051747)
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cytosine C-5 DNA demethylase activity [is_a relation] is_a  hydrolase activity (GO:0016787)
cytosine C-5 DNA demethylase activity [is_a relation] is_a  DNA demethylase activity (GO:0035514)

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