Cas2
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| CRISPR-associated protein 2 | |||||||||
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| Symbol | cas2 | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF09827 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR019199 | ||||||||
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Cas2 is a protein associated with CRISPR that is involved with spacer acquisition. Representative cas2 proteins have been characterized as endonucleases that cleave single-stranded RNAs preferentially within U-rich regions,[1] or as metal-dependent endonucleases targeting double-stranded (ds)DNA [2]
