polyribonucleotide nucleotidyltransferase
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polyribonucleotide nucleotidyltransferase
EC 2.7.7.8; other name: polynucleotide phosphorylase. An enzyme that degrades mRNA, phosphorylating single nucleotides successively from the 3′ end to yield a nucleoside diphosphate and a shortened mRNA.
| polyribonucleotide, polyprotein, polyprenyl | |
| polyribosome, polysaccharide, polysome |
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