Ribonuclease S

1991, Unknown Dimensions

Geis illustrates the structure of the ribonuclease S that highlights the dinucleotide RNA substrate in red and the four disulfide bonds in yellow.

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Painting Citation

Voet, J. G. & Voet, D. (1995). Mechanisms of Enzyme Action. In Biochemistry (pp. 331). Canada: John Wiley & Sons Inc.


Related PDB Entry: 1RNU

Experimental Structure Citation

Wyckoff, H. W., Hardman, K. D., Allewell, N. M., Inagami, T., Tsernoglou, D., Johnson, L. N., & Richards, F. M. (1967). The structure of ribonuclease-S at 6 Å resolution. J. Biol. Chem. 242, 3749-3753.

About Ribonuclease S

Atomic structures of ribonuclease reveal how it cuts RNA and how it is controlled.


Initial Structure Determination References

Kartha, G., Bello, J., & Harker, D. (1967). Tertiary structure of ribonuclease. Nature, 213, 862-865.

Wyckoff, H. W., Hardman, K. D., Allewell, N. M., Inagami, T., Tsernoglou, D., Johnson, L. N., & Richards, F. M. (1967). The structure of ribonuclease-S at 6 Å resolution. J. Biol. Chem. 242, 3749-3753.