NCBI Accession #
NP_566661.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_112933.3
NCBI Official Full Name
RNAse THREE-like protein 2
NCBI Official Symbol
RTL2
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ATRTL2; RNAse THREE-like protein 2; RNASEIII-LIKE 2
NCBI Protein Information
RNAse THREE-like protein 2
NCBI Summary
double-stranded RNA binding / ribonuclease III. Required for 3' external transcribed spacer (ETS) cleavage of the pre-rRNA in vivo. Localizes in the nucleus and cytoplasm.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
RNase III-like protein 2
UniProt Protein Name
Ribonuclease 3-like protein 2
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Ribonuclease III-like protein 2; RNase III-like protein 2; Ribonuclease three-like protein 2
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9LTQ0
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q94B67
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9LTQ0
UniProt Comments
Ribonuclease that cleaves double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). Required for 3'-external transcribed spacer (ETS) cleavage of the pre-rRNA precursors. May promote the production of 21 nucleotide small interfering RNA (siRNA) during post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS).