RNASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does RNase mean? 

• RNASE (noun)
  The noun RNASE has 1 sense:

1. a transferase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ribonucleic acid

  Familiarity information: RNASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RNASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A transferase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ribonucleic acid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

ribonuclease; ribonucleinase; RNase

Hypernyms ("RNase" is a kind of...):

transferase (any of various enzymes that move a chemical group from one compound to another compound)

 Context examples 

FEN 1 and RNase H1 remove the RNA from the Okazaki fragments and DNA ligase I joins the DNA.

(DNA Replication Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Exonuclease 1, encoded by the EXO1 gene, is a 88-kD protein with 5-prime to 3-prime double strand DNA exonuclease activity as well as an RNase H activity.

(Exonuclease 1, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

Upon intratumoral administration, one shRNA unit with a perfectly matched sequence renders the suppression of STMN1 mRNA translation (mRNA sequestration and cleavage-independent degradation) while the other unit with an imperfectly matched sequence renders STMN1 mRNA degradation via RNase H-like cleavage (cleavage-dependent mRNA silencing).

(pbi-shRNA STMN1 Lipoplex, NCI Thesaurus)

Normally, during replication of the lagging-strand DNA template, an RNA primer is removed either by an RNase H or by the 5 to 3 exonuclease activity of DNA pol I, and the DNA ligase joins the Okazaki fragments.

(DNA Replication Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)