Ribonuclease (poly-(U)-specific) (EC 3.1.26.9, ribonuclease (uracil-specific), uracil-specific endoribonuclease, uracil-specific RNase) is an enzyme.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
| Ribonuclease (poly-(U)-specific) | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 3.1.26.9 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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- Endonucleolytic cleavage of poly(U) to fragments terminated by 3'-hydroxy and 5'-phosphate groups
This enzyme forms oligonucleotides with chain lengths of 6 to 12.
References edit
- ^ Bachmann M, Trautmann F, Messer R, Zahn RK, Meyer zum Büschenfelde KH, Müller WE (November 1983). "Association of a polyuridylate-specific endoribonuclease with small nuclear ribonucleo-proteins which had been isolated by affinity chromatography using antibodies from a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus". European Journal of Biochemistry. 136 (3): 447–51. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1983.tb07762.x. PMID 6227485.
External links edit
- Ribonuclease+(poly-(U)-specific) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
