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REXO2

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Species
  
Human

Entrez
  
25996

Human
  
Mouse

Ensembl
  
ENSG00000076043

REXO2

Aliases
  
REXO2, REX2, RFN, SFN, CGI-114, RNA exonuclease 2

External IDs
  
MGI: 1888981 HomoloGene: 6447 GeneCards: REXO2

REX2, RNA exonuclease 2 homolog (S. cerevisiae), also known as REXO2, is an enzyme which in humans is encoded by the REXO2 gene.

Function

Nucleases are components of DNA and RNA metabolism that carry out functions in DNA repair, replication, and recombination and in RNA processing and degradation. SFN is a homolog of Orn, a 3-prime-to-5-prime exoribonuclease of E. coli that attacks the free 3-prime hydroxyl group on single-stranded RNA, releasing 5-prime mono-nucleotides in a sequential manner.

References

REXO2 Wikipedia