The tRNA maturase RNase Z (also known as tRNase Z or 3' tRNase) catalyzes the endonucleolytic removal of the 3' extension of the majority of tRNA precursors. Two forms of RNase Z exist in eukaryotes, one long (ELAC2) and one short form (ELAC1), the former may have resulted from a duplication of the shorter enzyme. Only the short form exists in bacteria. It includes the C-terminus of human ELAC2 and Escherichia coli zinc phosphodiesterase (ZiPD, also known as ecoZ, tRNase Z, or RNase BN) is a 3' tRNA-processing endonuclease, encoded by the elaC gene. Members of this subgroup belong to the MBL-fold metallo-hydrolase superfamily which is comprised mainly of hydrolytic enzymes which carry out a variety of biological functions.
Comment:the N-terminal domain of eukaryotic RNase Z long form (ELAC2) exhibits poor conservation of metal binding site residues and may not have metal-dependent hydrolase activity
Comment:based on based on Bacillus subtilis RNaseZ and on other members of the MBL-fold metallo-hydrolase superfamily with structure and including two metal binding sites