Ribonuclease U2

Ribonuclease U2
Identifiers
EC no.	3.1.27.4
CAS no.	37205-57-5
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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Ribonuclease U2 (EC 3.1.27.4, purine specific endoribonuclease, ribonuclease U3, RNase U3, RNase U2, purine-specific ribonuclease, purine-specific RNase, Pleospora RNase, Trichoderma koningi RNase III, ribonuclease (purine)) is an enzyme.^[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Two-stage endonucleolytic cleavage to nucleoside 3'-phosphates and 3'-phosphooligonucleotides ending in Ap or Gp with 2',3'-cyclic phosphate intermediates

References

1. Glitz DG, Dekker CA (October 1964). "Studies on a ribonuclease from Ustilago sphaerogena. I. Purification and properties of the enzyme". Biochemistry. 3 (10): 1391–9. doi:10.1021/bi00898a001. PMID 14230791.
2. Glitz DG, Dekker CA (October 1964). "Studies on a ribonuclease from Ustilago sphaerogena. II. Specificity of the enzyme". Biochemistry. 3 (10): 1399–406. doi:10.1021/bi00898a002. PMID 14230792.
3. Uchida T, Egami F (1971). "Microbial ribonucleases with special reference to RNases T1, T 2, N 1, and U2". In Boyer PD (ed.). The Enzymes. Vol. 4 (3rd ed.). New York: Academic Press. pp. 205–250.

External links

• Ribonuclease+U2 at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)