= Ribonuclease
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An <enzyme> that cleaves <RNA>. <Ribonuclease A> is one example.
Some <ribonucleases> cut internal <phosphodiester bonds>, whereas others remove <nucleotides> from an end. Selective <RNA> degradation contributes to processing and regulation, so cleavage can produce a functional mature <RNA> as well as destroy a transcript. <Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th edition by Bruce Alberts and others>[Chapters 3, 6 and 15, protein function, translation and cell signalling]{ref}
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