Biology:Amphinase

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Amphinase
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Crystallographic structure of amphinase.[1]
Identifiers
OrganismRana pipiens
Symboln/a
PDB2P7S (ECOD)
UniProtP85073
Other data
EC number3.1.27

Amphinase is a ribonuclease enzyme found in the oocytes of the Northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens). Amphinase is a member of the pancreatic ribonuclease protein superfamily and degrades long RNA substrates.[2] Along with ranpirnase, another leopard frog ribonuclease, amphinase has been studied as a potential cancer therapy due to its unusual mechanism of cytotoxicity tested against tumor cells.[3]

References

  1. "Enzymatic and structural characterisation of amphinase, a novel cytotoxic ribonuclease from Rana pipiens oocytes". Journal of Molecular Biology 371 (1): 93–111. August 2007. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2007.04.071. PMID 17560606. 
  2. "Enzymatic and structural characterisation of amphinase, a novel cytotoxic ribonuclease from Rana pipiens oocytes". Journal of Molecular Biology 371 (1): 93–111. August 2007. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2007.04.071. PMID 17560606. 
  3. "Onconase and amphinase, the antitumor ribonucleases from Rana pipiens oocytes". Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 9 (3): 215–25. June 2008. doi:10.2174/138920108784567245. PMID 18673287.