RNA酶III(Ribonuclease III,簡稱RNase III或RNase C[1],BRENDA編號:3.1.26.3 (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆))為一類RNA酶,屬切割雙股RNA的內切酶,均具有RNA酶III結構域[2]。此類RNA酶參與rRNA、SnRNA、SnoRNA與miRNA等RNA的生成過程[3],可在細胞中的特定位置切割這些RNA的前驅物以產生成熟的RNA[4][5]。三域生物與部分病毒皆具有RNA酶III。
RNA酶III可依結構域分為四型[6]。切割miRNA前驅物的Drosha與Dicer分別屬於三型與四型的RNA酶III[7][8]
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