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What type of biological molecule is an exonuclease.

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Enzyme (protein)

Step-by-step explanation:

Exonucleases are enzymes that catalyze the removal of nucleotides in either the 5-prime to 3-prime or the 3-prime to 5-prime direction from the ends of single-stranded and/or double-stranded DNA. Removal of nucleotides is achieved by cleavage of phosphodiester bonds via hydrolysis.

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