Type: | Family | Name: | Ribonuclease T2-like |
Description: | The fungal ribonucleases T2 from Aspergillus oryzae, M from Aspergillus saitoiand Rh from Rhizopus niveusare structurally and functionally related 30 Kd glycoproteins [] that cleave the 3'-5' internucleotide linkage of RNA via a nucleotide 2',3'-cyclic phosphate intermediate ().Two histidines residues have been shown [, ] to be involved in the catalytic mechanism of RNase T2 and Rh. These residues and the region around them are highly conserved in a number of other RNAses that have been found to be evolutionary related to these fungal enzymes. | Short Name: | RNase_T2-like |