deoxyribodipyrimidine photolyase

deoxyribodipyrimidine photolyase
An enzyme in yeast that is activated by light, whereupon it can reverse a previous photochemical reaction by cleaving the cyclobutane ring of the thymine dimer. SYN: dipyrimidine photolyase, photoreactivating enzyme.

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