Ribozyme

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Ribozyme (RZ) is an RNA molecule which catalyzes a chemical reaction. The Glucosamine-6-phosphate activated RZ (glmS RZ) is a RZ and a riboswitch which regulates genes in response to metabolites. Leadzyme is a small, artificially-made RZ which can cleave RNA in the presence of lead. For more details on leadzyme see Student Projects for UMass Chemistry 423 Spring 2012-10. Hairpin RZ and hammerhead RZ are named based on their shape. The group I intron catalyzes its own selfish splicing.

Articles in Proteopedia concerning ribozymes include:

• Azoarcus group I intron
• Kink-turn motif
• Ribosome
• The Large Ribosomal Subunit
• Hairpin Ribozyme
• Human CPEB3 ribozyme's P4 domain

To view automatically seeded indices concerning ribozymes, see:

• Ribozyme
• Catalytic RNA
• Hammerhead
• Hairpin
• Group I intron

3D Structures of Ribozymes

Updated on 22-February-2016