Question : What is ribozyme? Who discovered it and in which organism?

1.	Question : What is ribozyme? Who discovered it and in which organism?
Answer» Solution :Ribozyme is a TYPE of enzyme in which RNA can catalyze changes in its own molecular STRUCTURE. Common EXAMPLE of ribozymes is RNAase-P and self splicing group-I intron (It removes introns from newly synthesized RNA). Rilozyme was first DISCOVERED by Cech et AL. (1981) in a ciliate protozoan called Tetrahymenu thermophilu.

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