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Literature summary for 3.1.26.3 extracted from

  • Paddock, G.V.; Fukada, K.; Abelson, J.; Robertson, H.D.
    Cleavage of T4 species I ribonucleic acid by Escherichia coli ribonuclease III (1976), Nucleic Acids Res., 3, 1351-1371.
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Activating Compound

Activating Compound Comment Organism Structure
EDTA less than 1 mM Escherichia coli
NH4+ cleavage pattern depends on concentration Escherichia coli

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
2-mercaptoethanol required Escherichia coli
Co2+
-
Escherichia coli
Cu2+
-
Escherichia coli
Double-stranded RNA inhibits cleavage of single-stranded RNA Escherichia coli
EDTA greater than 10 mM Escherichia coli
Fe3+
-
Escherichia coli
Hg2+
-
Escherichia coli
K+
-
Escherichia coli
Mn2+
-
Escherichia coli
NaCl 0.15-0.3 M cleaves at primary cleavage sites, inhibition at higher concentrations, at 5 mM additional secondary cleavage sites Escherichia coli
NH4+ concentration dependent cleavage pattern Escherichia coli
poly(IC) as double-stranded RNA Escherichia coli

Metals/Ions

Metals/Ions Comment Organism Structure
Co2+ inhibits Escherichia coli
Mg2+
-
Escherichia coli
Mn2+ inhibits Escherichia coli

Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
40000 55000
-
Escherichia coli

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
double-stranded RNA + H2O Escherichia coli cleaves multimeric tRNA precursor at the spacer region, also involved in processing of precursor rRNA, hnRNA and early T7-mRNA. Also cleaves double-stranded DNA and single-stranded RNA 5'-phosphooligonucleotides
-
?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Escherichia coli
-
-
-

Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
to homogeneity Escherichia coli

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
double-stranded RNA + H2O
-
Escherichia coli 5'-phosphooligonucleotides
-
?
double-stranded RNA + H2O cleaves multimeric tRNA precursor at the spacer region, also involved in processing of precursor rRNA, hnRNA and early T7-mRNA. Also cleaves double-stranded DNA and single-stranded RNA Escherichia coli 5'-phosphooligonucleotides
-
?
single-stranded RNA + H2O
-
Escherichia coli 5'-phosphooligonucleotides
-
?
tRNA + H2O
-
Escherichia coli 5'-phosphooligonucleotides
-
?

Temperature Range [°C]

Temperature Minimum [°C] Temperature Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
30 45 no activity at 0°C and 17.5°C Escherichia coli

Temperature Stability [°C]

Temperature Stability Minimum [°C] Temperature Stability Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
100
-
nonspecific cleavage of RNA after heating for 1 min Escherichia coli

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
7 7.4 inactive below, RNA Escherichia coli

pH Range

pH Minimum pH Maximum Comment Organism
8 10
-
Escherichia coli