Unprecedentedly fast hydrolysis of the RNA dinucleoside monophosphates ApA and UpU by rare earth metal ions

Abstract
Rare earth metal(III) ions rapidly hydrolyse adenylyl(3′-5′)adenosine and uridyl(3′-5′)uridine at pH 8,30°C; the half-life of the former is 10 min with 0.01 mol dm–3 TmIII.