IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 3.1.27.7

Accepted name: ribonuclease F

Reaction: Endonucleolytic cleavage of RNA precursor into two, leaving 5'-hydroxy and 3'-phosphate groups

Other name(s): ribonuclease F (E. coli)

Comments: Cleavage takes place between a cytosine and an adenine moiety.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 80498-18-6

References:

1. Gurevitz, M., Watson, N. and Apirion, D. A cleavage site of ribonuclease F. A putative processing endoribonuclease from Escherichia coli. Eur. J. Biochem. 124 (1982) 553-559. [PMID: 6179777]

2. Watson, N. and Apirion, D. Ribonuclease F, a putative processing endoribonuclease from Escherichia coli. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 103 (1981) 543-551. [PMID: 6277308]

[EC 3.1.27.7 created 1984]


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