ribonuclease
Noun
Meaning
a transferase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ribonucleic acid
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Bacillus amyloliquefaciens is the source of a natural antibiotic protein barnase (a ribonuclease ), alpha amylase used in starch hydrolysis, the protease subtilisin used with detergents, and the BamH1 restriction enzyme used in DNA research.
Protein binding can be extraordinarily tight and specific; for example, the ribonuclease inhibitor protein binds to human angiogenin with a sub-femtomolar dissociation constant (1 M).
Some open β-sheets are very curved and fold over on themselves (as in the SH3 domain ) or form horseshoe shapes (as in the ribonuclease inhibitor ).