Ribonuclease alpha

Ribonuclease alpha
Identifiers
EC number 3.1.26.2
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Ribonuclease alpha (EC 3.1.26.2, 2'-O-methyl RNase) is an enzyme.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Endonucleolytic cleavage to 5'-phosphomonoester

This enzyme is specific for O-methylated RNA.

References

  1. Norton, J.; Roth, J.S. (1967). "A ribonuclease specific for 2-O-methylated ribonucleic acid". J. Biol. Chem. 242 (9): 2029–2034. PMID 6022850.
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