Mahalakshmi Y V, Pandit M W
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1987 Jun 15;145(2):740-8. doi: 10.1016/0006-291x(87)91027-8.
A ribonuclease was isolated and purified to homogeneity from cobra venom. The enzyme was found to be homogeneous on SDS and non-SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoreses, and high performance liquid chromatography. The purified enzyme hydrolysed poly(rC), but not poly(rA), poly(rU), poly(rG), poly(rI), or poly(rI).poly(rC). The presence of magnesium was found to be an essential requirement for the nucleolytic activity of this enzyme.