Meanings
nounpentapyrimidine (plural pentapyrimidines)
plural pentapyrimidines
- A sequence of five pyrimidines in a nucleic acid
The enzyme recognizes a specific pentapyrimidine sequence of 5’-(C/T)CCTT↓-3’ and hydrolyzes the phosphodiester bond at the 3’-end of its recognition site [4 ].
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