recombinase
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re·com·bi·nase (rē-kŏm'bə-nās', -nāz') 
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An enzyme that catalyzes the exchange of short pieces of DNA between two long DNA strands, particularly the exchange of homologous regions between the paired maternal and paternal chromosomes.
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A function of the recA protein in Escherichia coli that catalyzes the binding and unwinding of the double strands of DNA that form a synapse during DNA recombination.
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