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Ribonuclease IV

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EC number
  
3.1.26.6

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CAS number
  
61536-76-3

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BRENDA entry

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Ribonuclease IV (EC 3.1.26.6, endoribonuclease IV, poly(A)-specific ribonuclease) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Endonucleolytic cleavage of poly(A) to fragments terminated by 3'-hydroxy and 5'-phosphate groups

This enzyme forms oligonucleotides with an average chain length of 10.

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Ribonuclease IV Wikipedia
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