| Term Name: | 5'-flap endonuclease activity |
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| Synonyms: | 5' flap endonuclease activity |
| Definition: | Catalysis of the cleavage of a 5' flap structure in DNA, but not other DNA structures; processes the 5' ends of Okazaki fragments in lagging strand DNA synthesis. |
| Ontology: | GO: Molecular Function [GO:0017108] QuickGO AmiGO |