Table 1 The characteristics of the putative nuclease sequences of S. japonicum
From: A novel Schistosoma japonicum endonuclease homologous to DNase II
Nuclease class | Num. nuclease sequences | Enzymatic properties of nucleases | Nucleases with signal sequence | Divalent cation-independent nucleases | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exo | Endo | Exo/endo | ||||
DNase | 6 (4.6%) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
RNase | 79 (60.8%) | 20 | 55 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
DNase/RNase | 45 (34.6%) | 5 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
Sum | 130 | 26 | 87 | 17 | 12 | 24 |