Term Name: tyrosine-based site-specific recombinase activity
Synonyms: site-specific tyrosine recombinase activity, tyrosine recombinase
Definition: Catalysis of the formation of new phosphodiester bonds between a pair of short, unique DNA target sequences; occurs through a phosphotyrosyl intermediate in which the target sequence is first cleaved by the nucleophilic attack by a tyrosine in the active site.
Ontology: GO: Molecular Function [GO:0009037]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: site-specific recombinase activity