Cloned (Comment) | Organism |
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expression of His-tag fused RNase IIIb-dsRBD fragment of human Dicer (residues 1649-1922) in Escherichia coli HT115 | Homo sapiens |
Crystallization (Comment) | Organism |
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recombinant RNase IIIb-dsRBD fragment by sitting drop vapor diffusion method | Homo sapiens |
Protein Variants | Comment | Organism |
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D1709A | strongly reduced dsRNA cleavage activity | Homo sapiens |
D1713A | no significant effect on the cleavage activity | Homo sapiens |
D1713K | no significant effect on the cleavage activity | Homo sapiens |
D1810A | reduced dsRNA cleavage activity | Homo sapiens |
DELTA1787-1799 | no significant effect on the cleavage activity | Homo sapiens |
E1705A | reduced dsRNA cleavage activity | Homo sapiens |
E1813A | strongly reduced dsRNA cleavage activity | Homo sapiens |
Metals/Ions | Comment | Organism | Structure |
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Mg2+ | two ions bound around the active site, one of which is involved in the catalytic mechanism and the second in RNA substrate binding | Homo sapiens |
Natural Substrates | Organism | Comment (Nat. Sub.) | Natural Products | Comment (Nat. Pro.) | Rev. | Reac. |
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double-stranded RNA + H2O | Homo sapiens | responsible for the production of short interfering RNAs and microRNAs that induce gene silencing known as RNA interference | 5'-phosphooligonucleotides | - |
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Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Homo sapiens | Q9UPY3 | - |
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Purification (Comment) | Organism |
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recombinant protein | Homo sapiens |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
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double-stranded RNA + H2O | responsible for the production of short interfering RNAs and microRNAs that induce gene silencing known as RNA interference | Homo sapiens | 5'-phosphooligonucleotides | - |
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double-stranded RNA + H2O | 114 bp in length | Homo sapiens | 5'-phosphooligonucleotides | products shorter than 21 bp | ? |
Subunits | Comment | Organism |
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dimer | recombinant RNase IIIb-dsRBD fragment, crystal structure analysis, and gel filtration data | Homo sapiens |
Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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Dicer | Dicer contains two RNase III domains (RNase IIIa and RNase IIIb) | Homo sapiens |