3.2.2.17 thymidine-dimer-containing DNA + H2O = thymidine-dimer-containing DNA with apyrimidinic site - 3.2.2.17 thymidine-dimer-containing DNA + H2O = thymidine-dimer-containing DNA with apyrimidinic site hydrolysis of phosphodiester bonds 3.2.2.17 thymidine-dimer-containing DNA + H2O = thymidine-dimer-containing DNA with apyrimidinic site cleaves N-glycosyl bond between pyrimidine and sugar without rupture of a phosphodiester bond 3.2.2.17 thymidine-dimer-containing DNA + H2O = thymidine-dimer-containing DNA with apyrimidinic site scheme of reaction mechanism