ENTRY       EC 3.1.26.5
NAME        Ribonuclease P
CLASS       Hydrolases
            Acting on ester bonds
            Endoribonucleases producing 5'-phosphomonoesters
REACTION    Endonucleolytic cleavage of RNA, removing 5'-extranucleotides
            from tRNA precursor.
SUBSTRATE   RNA
            H2O
PRODUCT     RNA
COMMENT     An RNA-containing enzyme, essential for tRNA processing; generates
            5'-termini of mature tRNA molecules. Similar enzyme: RNase P3.
MOTIF       PS: PS00648  [LIVMFY]-x(2)-A-x(2)-R-[NH]-[KRQL]-[LIVM]-[KRA]-R-x-
                         [LIVMTA]-[KR]
GENES       ECO: b3704(rnpA)
            HIN: HI0999(rnpA)
            HPY: HP1448(rnpA)
            BSU: rnpA
            MGE: MG465(rnpA)
            MPN: K05_orf118V(rnpA)
            SYN: slr1469(rnpA)
            SCE: YML091C(RPM2)
DBLINKS     University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 3.1.26.5
            WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 3.1.26.5
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