GO molecular function ontology term - GO:0004526 - ribonuclease P activity

Term summary

ID

GO:0004526

Name

ribonuclease P activity

Ontology or CV name

GO molecular function

Definition

Catalysis of the endonucleolytic cleavage of RNA, removing 5' extra nucleotides from tRNA precursor.

Parents

• is_a tRNA-specific ribonuclease activity
• is_a RNA endonuclease activity producing 5'-phosphomonoesters, hydrolytic mechanism

Annotation