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Chemistry

Ribozymes: Catalytic RNA in Biology and Evolution

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The ribosome—the molecular machine that builds every protein in your body—is actually a ribozyme: its core catalytic step, forming peptide bonds, is performed by RNA, not protein.

Why this is interesting

If proteins are the workhorses of the cell, why do we still use RNA to perform some of life's most critical reactions?