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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>. Some ribozymes can be known to be '[[Self splicing|self splicing]]' as shown in an experiement performed by Thomas Cech in the 1980s. This property was seen to be present in the ''Tetrahymena ''ribozyme which is able to form smaller RNA sections from an RNA strand. This conclusion was made as intron removal occured without there being any protein catalyst present. All forms of ribozymes are often used as evidence for the [[RNA world hypothesis|RNA world hypothesis]].<br>
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| The hammerhead ribozyme aids self-cleavage of [[RNA|RNA]] in some organisms and are being investigated for their ability to treat some forms of [[Cancer|cancer]] as well as [[HIV|HIV]] infection<ref>http://www.callutheran.edu/BioDev/omm/hhribozyme/hhribo.htm</ref><ref>Kleinsmith L., Kish V (1995). Principles of cell and molecular biology. 2nd ed. New York: HarperCollins. 482.</ref><ref>http://www.callutheran.edu/BioDev/omm/hhribozyme/hhribo.htm</ref>.
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