Amphinase

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Amphinase
Crystallographic structure of amphinase.[1]
Identifiers
OrganismRana pipiens
Symboln/a
PDB2P7S
UniProtP85073
Other data
EC number3.1.27
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StructuresSwiss-model
DomainsInterPro

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]

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