Exoribonuclease II

Exoribonuclease II (EC 3.1.13.1, ribonuclease II, ribonuclease Q, BN ribonuclease, Escherichia coli exo-RNase II, RNase II, exoribonuclease (misleading), 5'-exoribonuclease) is an enzyme.^[1][2][3][4] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Exonucleolytic cleavage in the 3'- to 5'-direction to yield nucleoside 5'-phosphates

Exoribonuclease II
Identifiers
EC no.	3.1.13.1
CAS no.	37288-24-7
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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This enzyme has preference for single-stranded RNA.

See also

• 5'-3' exoribonuclease 2