Term Information

Accession
GO:0004525
Name
ribonuclease III activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
RNase III activity, ribonuclease 3 activity, pre-mRNA 3'-end processing endonuclease
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Catalysis of the endonucleolytic cleavage of RNA with 5'-phosphomonoesters and 3'-OH termini; makes two staggered cuts in both strands of dsRNA, leaving a 3' overhang of 2 nt. Source: PMID:15242644, PMID:11157775
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0004525 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of ribonuclease III activity (GO:0004525)
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ribonuclease III activity [is_a relation] is_a  double-stranded RNA-specific ribonuclease activity (GO:0032296)
ribonuclease III activity [is_a relation] is_a  RNA endonuclease activity, producing 5'-phosphomonoesters (GO:0016891)
Children of ribonuclease III activity (GO:0004525)
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bidentate ribonuclease III activity (GO:0016443) [is_a relation] is_a  ribonuclease III activity