Thermostable Flap Endonuclease 1, FEN1, catalyzes the cleavage of 5´ DNA flaps from branched double stranded DNA substrates, creating a 5´ phosphate terminus. FEN1 products can be ligated by DNA ligase to create double stranded DNA. In vivo, FEN1 is an essential component of the Okazaki fragment maturation pathway, and also plays a role in base excision repair.
Product Source
An E. coli strain, which carries the cloned Thermococcus 9°N™ FEN1 gene.
This product is related to the following categories:
DNA Repair Enzymes and Structure-specific Endonucleases Products