Term Name: site-specific telomere resolvase activity
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

Relationships
is part of: telomere maintenance
is a type of: catalytic activity, acting on DNA