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Literature summary for 3.1.13.1 extracted from

  • Spahr, P.F.
    Purification and properties of ribonuclease II from Escherichia coli (1964), J. Biol. Chem., 239, 3716-3726.
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Activating Compound

Activating Compound Comment Organism Structure
cadaverine can replace missing Mg2+ to a small extent Escherichia coli
putrescine can replace missing Mg2+ to a small extent Escherichia coli
spermidine can replace missing Mg2+ to a small extent Escherichia coli
spermine can replace missing Mg2+ to a small extent Escherichia coli

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
Ca2+ competitive inhibitor Escherichia coli
EDTA
-
Escherichia coli
monovalent or divalent cations high concentrations Escherichia coli
oligonucleotides competitive inhibition, fragments bind without being destroyed; small to medium sized Escherichia coli
sucrose slight inhibition, in 1% and 5% sucrose 5% and 20% of the activity inhibited Escherichia coli
Urea in 0.5 and 0.05 M urea 58% and 11% of the activity inhibited, complete inhibition at 1 M urea Escherichia coli
Zn2+ competitive inhibitor Escherichia coli

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
0.000075
-
Poly(U)
-
Escherichia coli

Localization

Localization Comment Organism GeneOntology No. Textmining
cytosol
-
Escherichia coli 5829
-
ribosome
-
Escherichia coli 5840
-

Metals/Ions

Metals/Ions Comment Organism Structure
K+ necessary for activity Escherichia coli
Mg2+ necessary for activity Escherichia coli
Mn2+ necessary for activity Escherichia coli

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
ss RNA + H2O Escherichia coli
-
5'-phosphomononucleotides
-
?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Escherichia coli
-
-
-

Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
30fold Escherichia coli

Reaction

Reaction Comment Organism Reaction ID
Exonucleolytic cleavage in the 3'- to 5'- direction to yield nucleoside 5'-phosphates can act as a endonuclease too Escherichia coli

Storage Stability

Storage Stability Organism
-20°C, lyophilized purified enzyme, addition of 25 mg of bovine serum mercaptalbumin, stable for at least 2 months Escherichia coli
deep frozen, lyophilized crude enzyme, several months, stable Escherichia coli
frozen, crude enzyme, 1 month, stable Escherichia coli

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
poly(U) + H2O
-
Escherichia coli 5'-UMP + oligonucleotide
-
?
ss RNA + H2O
-
Escherichia coli 5'-phosphomononucleotides
-
?

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
7 8
-
Escherichia coli

pH Range

pH Minimum pH Maximum Comment Organism
6 9 11% of the optimal activity observed at pH 6.0, 55% at pH 9.0 Escherichia coli