nuclease activity (GO:0004518)

Catalysis of the hydrolysis of ester linkages within nucleic acids. Notes: - Note that 'tRNA nucleotidyltransferase activity ; GO:0009022 , also known as 'ribonuclease PH', does not have parentage in the 'nuclease activity' branch of the ontology because both GO and the Enzyme Commission define nuclease activity as a type of hydrolysis.

Specific

deoxyribonuclease activity (GO:0004536) endonuclease activity (GO:0004519) exonuclease activity (GO:0004527) oligonucleotidase activity (GO:0008946) ribonuclease activity (GO:0004540)

References

gene ontology: GO:0004518