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Exoribonuclease H

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EC number
  
3.1.13.2

BRENDA
  
BRENDA entry

KEGG
  
KEGG entry

IntEnz
  
IntEnz view

ExPASy
  
NiceZyme view

MetaCyc
  
metabolic pathway

Exoribonuclease H (EC 3.1.13.2) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

3'-end directed exonucleolytic cleavage of viral RNA-DNA hybrid

This is a secondary reaction to the RNA 5'-end directed cleavage 13-19 nucleotides from the RNA end performed by EC 3.1.26.13 (retroviral ribonuclease H).

References

Exoribonuclease H Wikipedia