ribozyme

biochemical

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nucleic acid

  • polynucleotide chain of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
    In nucleic acid: Ribozymes

    Not all catalysis within the cell is carried out exclusively by proteins. Thomas Cech and Sidney Altman, jointly awarded a Nobel Prize in 1989, discovered that certain RNAs, now known as ribozymes, showed enzymatic activity. Cech showed that a noncoding sequence (intron) in the…

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