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Ribozyme is an [[RNA|RNA]] [[Molecule|molecules]] which possess a [[Catalysts|catalytic]] activity due to the tertiary structure that it forms<ref>Berg J., Tymoczko J., Stryer L. (2007) Biochemistry, 6th edition, New York: WH Freeman.</ref>. One of the examples of the ribozyme is the 23S [[RRNA|rRNA]] which is responsible for catalyzing the linkage of to adjacent [[Amino acid|amino acids]] by a [[Peptide bond|peptide bond]] during the process of [[Translation|translation]] <ref>Berg J., Tymoczko J., Stryer L. (2007) Biochemistry, 6th edition, New York: WH Freeman.</ref>. The ribozymes were first discovered by two American scientist: Thomas Cech and Sidney Altman in 1970s. 20 years later they won a Nobel Prize for "discovery of catalytic properties of RNA"<ref>Nobelprize.org "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989". Available at: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1989/ (last accessed 5 Dec 2010)</ref>.<br> | Ribozyme is an [[RNA|RNA]] [[Molecule|molecules]] which possess a [[Catalysts|catalytic]] activity due to the tertiary structure that it forms <ref>Berg J., Tymoczko J., Stryer L. (2007) Biochemistry, 6th edition, New York: WH Freeman.</ref>. One of the examples of the ribozyme is the 23S [[RRNA|rRNA]] which is responsible for catalyzing the linkage of to adjacent [[Amino acid|amino acids]] by a [[Peptide bond|peptide bond]] during the process of [[Translation|translation]] <ref>Berg J., Tymoczko J., Stryer L. (2007) Biochemistry, 6th edition, New York: WH Freeman.</ref>. The ribozymes were first discovered by two American scientist: Thomas Cech and Sidney Altman in 1970s. 20 years later they won a Nobel Prize for "discovery of catalytic properties of RNA" <ref>Nobelprize.org "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989". Available at: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1989/ (last accessed 5 Dec 2010)</ref>.<br> | ||
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Revision as of 21:37, 21 December 2010
Ribozyme is an RNA molecules which possess a catalytic activity due to the tertiary structure that it forms [1]. One of the examples of the ribozyme is the 23S rRNA which is responsible for catalyzing the linkage of to adjacent amino acids by a peptide bond during the process of translation [2]. The ribozymes were first discovered by two American scientist: Thomas Cech and Sidney Altman in 1970s. 20 years later they won a Nobel Prize for "discovery of catalytic properties of RNA" [3].
References
- ↑ Berg J., Tymoczko J., Stryer L. (2007) Biochemistry, 6th edition, New York: WH Freeman.
- ↑ Berg J., Tymoczko J., Stryer L. (2007) Biochemistry, 6th edition, New York: WH Freeman.
- ↑ Nobelprize.org "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989". Available at: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1989/ (last accessed 5 Dec 2010)