Endoribonuclease that functions in the interferon (IFN) antiviral response. In INF treated and virus infected cells, RNASEL probably mediates its antiviral effects through a combination of direct cleavage of single-stranded viral RNAs, inhibition of protein synthesis through the degradation of rRNA, induction of apoptosis, and induction of other antiviral genes. RNASEL mediated apoptosis is the result of a JNK-dependent stress-response pathway leading to cytochrome c release from mitochondria and caspase-dependent apoptosis. Therefore, activation of RNASEL could lead to elimination of virus infected cells under some circumstances. In the crosstalk between autophagy and apoptosis proposed to induce autophagy as an early stress response to small double-stranded RNA and at later stages of prolonged stress to activate caspase-dependent proteolytic cleavage of BECN1 to terminate autophagy and promote apoptosis. Might play a central role in the regulation of mRNA turnover. Cleaves 3 of UpNp dimers, with preference for UU and UA sequences, to sets of discrete products ranging from between 4 and 22 nucleotides in length. Full length recombinant protein corresponding to aa1-741 from human 2-5A-dependent ribonuclease, fused to Myc-Tag at C-terminal, expressed in E.coli. Swiss/Uniprot: Q05823. Molecular Weight: ~85.1kD Amino Acid Sequence: MESRDHNNPQEGPTSSSGRRAAVEDNHLLIKAVQNEDVDLVQQLLEGGANVNFQEEEGGWTPLHNAVQMSREDIVELLLRHGADPVLRKKNGATPFILAAIAGSVKLLKLFLSKGADVNECDFYGFTAFMEAAVYGKVKALKFLYKRGANVNLRRKTKEDQERLRKGGATALMDAAEKGHVEVLKILLDEMGADVNACDNMGRNALIHALLSSDDSDVEAITHLLLDHGADVNVRGERGKTPLILAVEKKHLGLVQRLLEQEHIEINDTDSDGKTALLLAVELKLKKIAELLCKRGASTDCGDLVMTARRNYDHSLVKVLLSHGAKEDFHPPAEDWKPQSSHWGAALKDLHRIYRPMIGKLKFFIDEKYKIADTSEGGIYLGFYEKQEVAVKTFCEGSPRAQREVSCLQSSRENSHLVTFYGSESHRGHLFVCVTLCEQTLEACLDVHRGEDVENEEDEFARNVLSSIFKAVQELHLSCGYTHQDLQPQNILIDSKKAAHLADFDKSIKWAGDPQEVKRDLEDLGRLVLYVVKKGSISFEDLKAQSNEEVVQLSPDEETKDLIHRLFHPGEHVRDCLSDLLGHPFFWTWESRYRTLRNVGNESDIKTRKSESEILRLLQPGPSEHSKSFDKWTTKINECVMKKMNKFYEKRGNFYQNTVGDLLKFIRNLGEHIDEEKHKKMKLKIGDPSLYFQKTFPDLVIYVYTKLQNTEYRKHFPQTHSPNKPQCDGAGGASGLASPGC Storage and Stability: May be stored at 4C for short-term only. Aliquot to avoid repeated freezing and thawing. Store at -20C. Aliquots are stable for 6 months after receipt at -20C. For maximum recovery of product, centrifuge the original vial after thawing and prior to removing the cap. Further dilutions can be made in assay buffer.
