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Question

Ribozymes areــــــــــــــــــــ .
A)generated from proteins
B)RNA molecules with catalytic activities
C)proteins that degrade RNAs
D)protein complexes involved in RNA processing

Accepted Answer

Ribozymes are RNA molecules that are capable of catalyzing chemical reactions, similar to the way proteins can act as enzymes. They were discovered in the 1980s and have since been found to be involved in various biological processes, including gene expression and RNA processing. Unlike proteins, which are made up of amino acids, ribozymes are made up of nucleotides, the building blocks of RNA.