Restriction endonuclease HindIII and similar endonucleases
The type II restriction endonuclease HindIII cleaves DNA at the palindromic sequence A|AGCTT (| denotes the cleavage site). It belongs to a superfamily of PDDEXK nucleases including very short patch repair (Vsr) endonucleases, archaeal Holliday junction resolvases, MutH methyl-directed DNA mismatch-repair endonucleases, and catalytic domains of many restriction endonucleases, such as EcoRI, BamHI, and FokI.