CC-preferring endodeoxyribonuclease (, ''Streptomyces glaucescens exocytoplasmic dodeoxyribonuclease'') is an
enzyme
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.
This enzyme
catalyses the following
chemical reaction
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: endonucleolytic cleavage to give 5'-phosphooligonucleotide end-products, with a preference for cleavage within the sequence CC
This enzyme has preference for CC sites in
double-stranded circular and linear DNA.
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