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Exoribonuclease II

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EC number
  
3.1.13.1

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ExPASy
  
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CAS number
  
37288-24-7

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BRENDA entry

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KEGG entry

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. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

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

This enzyme has preference for single-stranded RNA.

References

Exoribonuclease II Wikipedia