Term Name: | site-specific telomere resolvase activity |
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Synonyms: | ResT, TelN |
Definition: | Catalysis of a site-specific breakage and reunion reaction that generates two hairpin telomeres from a replicated telomere substrate. Occurs via a two-step transesterification with a protein-DNA intermediate similar to that used by topoisomerases and site-specific recombinases. |
Ontology: | GO: Molecular Function [GO:0043336] QuickGO AmiGO |