endoribonuclease activity, cleaving miRNA-paired mRNA [GO_0090624] | Virtual Fly Brain

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endoribonuclease activity, cleaving miRNA-paired mRNA

ID: GO_0090624

Class

Catalysis of the endonucleolytic cleavage of the mRNA in a double-stranded RNA molecule formed by the base pairing of an mRNA with an miRNA.

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Classification

RNA endonuclease activity producing 5’-phosphomonoesters, hydrolytic mechanism

Relationships

is part of: miRNA-mediated gene silencing by mRNA destabilization