CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Ribonuclease III domain
Functional Family Putative endoribonuclease dicer

Enzyme Information

3.1.26.3
Ribonuclease III.
based on mapping to UniProt Q9UPY3
Endonucleolytic cleavage to 5'-phosphomonoester.
-!- An endoribonuclease that cleaves double-stranded RNA molecules. -!- The cleavage can be either a single-stranded nick or double-stranded break in the RNA, depending in part upon the degree of base-pairing in the region of the cleavage site. -!- Specificity is conferred by negative determinants, i.e., the presence of certain Watson-Crick base-pairs at specific positions that strongly inhibit cleavage. -!- RNase III is involved in both rRNA processing and mRNA processing and decay.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q9UPY3
DICER_HUMAN
Homo sapiens
Endoribonuclease Dicer

PDB Structure

PDB 2EB1
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Homodimeric Structure and Double-stranded RNA Cleavage Activity of the C-terminal RNase III Domain of Human Dicer
Takeshita, D., Zenno, S., Lee, W.C., Nagata, K., Saigo, K., Tanokura, M.
J.Mol.Biol.