exoenzymes

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.E02267
Enzymes
that cleave monomers (sometimes also di- or oligomers) from one end of a polymer chain. Exonucleases are able to cleave
nucleotides
, one by one, from either the 5- or the 3- (or both) ends of
nucleic acids
.
Source:
PAC, 1992, 64, 143. (Glossary for chemists of terms used in biotechnology (IUPAC Recommendations 1992)) on page 153 [Terms] [Paper]