ENTRY EC 3.1.27.3
NAME Ribonuclease T1
Guanyloribonuclease
Aspergillus oryzae ribonuclease
RNase N1 and N2
CLASS Hydrolases
Acting on ester bonds
Endoribonucleases producing other than 5'-phosphomonoesters
REACTION Two-stage endonucleolytic cleavage to 3'-phosphomononucleotides
and 3'-phosphooligonucleotides ending in Gp with 2',3'-cyclic
phosphate intermediate
SUBSTRATE RNA
H2O
PRODUCT 3'-Phosphomononucleotide
3'-Phosphooligonucleotide
COMMENT Similar enzymes: N.crassa RNase N1 and N2; Ustilago sphaerogena
RNase; Chalaropsis RNase; B.subtilis RNase; Microbial RNase I.
Formerly EC 2.7.7.26 and 3.1.4.8.
Hydrolyzes the R(p)-configuration of phosphorothioate isomer of
oligoribonucleotides containing phosphorothioate-linkage almost
exclusively. Review: 'Stereochemistry of enzymatic reaction of
phosphates', P.A.Frey, Tetrahedron 38, 1541 (1982).
STRUCTURES PDB: 1FUS 1DET 1BIR 1RGF 1RGE 1FUT 1GMP 1GMQ 1RGC 1GMR
1LRA 1RCK 1RCL 1RDS 1RGA 1RGG 1RGK 1RGL 8RNT 7RNT
6RNT 5RNT 4RNT 3RNT 2RNT 2BIR 2AAE 2AAD 1TRQ 1TRP
1RSN 1RNT 1RN4 1RN1 1RGH 1RLS 9RNT
DBLINKS University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 3.1.27.3
WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 3.1.27.3
SCOP (Structural Classificaion of Proteins): 3.1.27.3
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