DNase I is a nuclease that cleaves DNA preferentially at phosphodiester linkages adjacent to a pyrimidine nucleotide, yielding 5'-phosphate terminated polynucleotides with a free hydroxyl group on position 3', on average producing tetranucleotides. It acts on single-stranded DNA, double-stranded DNA, and chromatin. It has been suggested to be one of the deoxyribonucleases responsible for DNA fragmentation during apoptosis.DNase I binds to the cytoskeletal protein actin. It binds actin monomers w