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NALT Full

Preferred term

deoxyribodipyrimidine photo-lyase

Type

Chemical

Definition

An enzyme that catalyzes the reactivation by light of UV-irradiated DNA. It breaks two carbon-carbon bonds in pyrimidine dimers in DNA.
Source: Medical Subject Headings 2018
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

carbon-carbon lyases

Related concepts

photoreactivation

Synonyms

deoxyribocyclobutadipyrimidine pyrimidine-lyase
deoxyribodipyrimidine photolyase
deoxyribonucleic cyclobutane dipyrimidine photolyase
deoxyribonucleic photolyase
DNA cyclobutane dipyrimidine photolyase
DNA photolyase
DNA-photoreactivating enzyme
EC 4.1.99.3
photolyase
photoreactivating enzyme

In other languages

desoxirribodipirimidina fotoliasa

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/287853

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