deoxyribodipyrimidine photo-lyase
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-001777
An enzyme that catalyzes the reactivation by light of UV-irradiated DNA. It breaks two carbon-carbon bonds in pyrimidine dimers in DNA.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-001777 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| Synonyms | DNA cyclobutane dipyrimidine photolyase; DNA photolyase; DNA-photoreactivating enzyme; EC 4.1.99.3; deoxyribocyclobutadipyrimidine pyrimidine-lyase; deoxyribodipyrimidine photolyase; deoxyribonucleic cyclobutane dipyrimidine photolyase; deoxyribonucleic photolyase; photolyase; photoreactivating enzyme |
| References | Medical Subject Headings 2018; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary |
| See also | carbon-carbon lyases; photoreactivation |
| Translations | Spanish: desoxirribodipirimidina fotoliasa |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-AGR-001777",
"term": "deoxyribodipyrimidine photo-lyase",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "An enzyme that catalyzes the reactivation by light of UV-irradiated DNA. It breaks two carbon-carbon bonds in pyrimidine dimers in DNA.",
"synonyms": [
"DNA cyclobutane dipyrimidine photolyase",
"DNA photolyase",
"DNA-photoreactivating enzyme",
"EC 4.1.99.3",
"deoxyribocyclobutadipyrimidine pyrimidine-lyase",
"deoxyribodipyrimidine photolyase",
"deoxyribonucleic cyclobutane dipyrimidine photolyase",
"deoxyribonucleic photolyase",
"photolyase",
"photoreactivating enzyme"
],
"subject": "Fields of Study",
"see_also": [
"carbon-carbon lyases",
"photoreactivation"
],
"references": [
"Medical Subject Headings 2018",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "desoxirribodipirimidina fotoliasa"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/deoxyribodipyrimidine-photo-lyase/"
}
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