ribonuclease H activity

Term Information

Accession
GO:0004523
Ontology
molecular function
Synonyms
related: endoribonuclease H
related: endoribonuclease H (calf thymus)
narrow: endoribonuclease0 H activity
narrow: ribonuclease H1 activity
narrow: ribonuclease H2 activity
narrow: ribonuclease H3 activity
narrow: RNase H1 activity
narrow: RNase H2 activity
narrow: RNase H3 activity
alt_id: GO:0004524
exact: calf thymus ribonuclease H activity
exact: hybrid nuclease activity
exact: hybrid ribonuclease activity
exact: hybridase (ribonuclease H)
exact: hybridase activity
exact: RNA*DNA hybrid ribonucleotidohydrolase activity
exact: RNase H activity
Definition
Catalysis of the endonucleolytic cleavage of RNA in RNA-DNA hybrids to 5'-phosphomonoesters. [source: EC:3.1.26.4]
Comment
Note that the EC recommended name for this enzyme activity is 'calf thymus ribonuclease H', even though it is found in many species.
Subset
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