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Dicer

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Dicer is a type of [[Ribonuclease]] that specifically cleaves double stranded RNA during the process of RNA interference.
Dicer is a type of [[Ribonuclease]] that specifically cleaves double stranded RNA during the process of RNA interference.
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==Structure==
Human Dicer (hDicer) is a <scene name='70/706244/4nh3_dimer/1'>dimer</scene>. Each chain is a large multidomain enzyme whose C-terminal half includes a PAZ domain, a pair of tandem RNase III domains, and a double-stranded RNA-binding domain. <scene name='70/706244/Mg_2eb1/1'>magnesium</scene>
Human Dicer (hDicer) is a <scene name='70/706244/4nh3_dimer/1'>dimer</scene>. Each chain is a large multidomain enzyme whose C-terminal half includes a PAZ domain, a pair of tandem RNase III domains, and a double-stranded RNA-binding domain. <scene name='70/706244/Mg_2eb1/1'>magnesium</scene>

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