Definitions for "Nuclease"
An enzyme that hydrolyzes ester linkages in nucleic acids.
a group of enzymes in the small intestine which digest DNA and RNA in food into nucleotides
An enzyme that breaks down nucleic acids. Exonucleases cleave the nucleotides only at the ends of polynucleotide chains (e.g. phosphodiesterase). Endonucleases attack certain linkates wherever they occur in the polynucleotide chain