Protein Domain : Ribonuclease H2, subunit A IPR004649

Type	Family
Description	Whereas bacterial and archaeal RNases H2 are active as single polypeptides, the Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Baker's yeast) homologue, Rnh2Ap, when expressed in Escherichia coli, fails to produce an active RNase H2. For RNase H2 activity three proteins are required [Rnh2Ap (Rnh201p), Ydr279p (Rnh202p) and Ylr154p (Rnh203p)]. Deletion of any one of the proteins or mutations in the catalytic site in Rnh2A leads to loss of RNase H2 activity [ ]. RNase H2 is an endonuclease that specifically degrades the RNA of RNA:DNA hybrids. It participates in DNA replication, possibly by mediating the removal of lagging-strand Okazaki fragment RNA primers during DNA replication. This entry represents the catalytic chain of RNase H2, which is found as a single polypeptide in prokaryotes and is part of a three protein complex in eukaryotes. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Baker's yeast) it is represented by .
Short Name	RNase_H2_suA