RNases

Exoribonucleases

• RNase J1: 5'-3' activity, does also have endonuclease activity
• RNase PH: 3'-5' activity
• YhaM: 3'-5' activity
• RNase R: 3'-5' activity
• polynucleotide phosphorylase: 3'-5' activity

Endoribonucleases

• RNase J1: ssRNA endonuclease, does also have exonuclease activity
• RNase J2: ssRNA endonuclease, may also have exonuclease activity

• RNase Y: ssRNA endonuclease
• RNase P: ssRNA endonuclease
• RNase Z: ssRNA endonuclease

• RNase Endo A

• RNase HII: cleaves RNA in RNA-DNA hybrids
• RNase HIII: cleaves RNA in RNA-DNA hybrids

• RNase Bsn: extracellular RNase

• RNase III: dsRNA endonuclease
• mini-III: dsRNA endonuclease
• RNase M5: dsRNA endonuclease

Reviews on RNases in Bacillus subtilis

David H Bechhofer
Messenger RNA decay and maturation in Bacillus subtilis.
Prog Mol Biol Transl Sci: 2009, 85;231-73
[PubMed:19215774] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ciarán Condon
RNA processing and degradation in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev: 2003, 67(2);157-74, table of contents
[PubMed:12794188] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ciarán Condon, Harald Putzer
The phylogenetic distribution of bacterial ribonucleases.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2002, 30(24);5339-46
[PubMed:12490701] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)