ribonuclease III activity
Catalysis of the endonucleolytic cleavage of RNA with 5'-phosphomonoesters and 3'-OH termini; makes two staggered cuts in both strands of dsRNA, leaving a 3' overhang of 2 nt.
GO:0016891
RNA endonuclease activity producing 5'-phosphomonoesters, hydrolytic mechanism
is_a
GO:0032296
double-stranded RNA-specific ribonuclease activity
is_a
RNase III activity
related
pre-mRNA 3'-end processing endonuclease
narrow
ribonuclease 3 activity
related
SPBC1539.01c SPBC119.11c SPCC188.13c SPBC3B9.14c