SAMURI is a new ribozyme that attaches a targeted modification to cellular RNA for click chemistry. (Image: Arbeitsgruppe Claudia Höbartner / Universität Würzburg)
SAMURI is a new ribozyme that attaches a targeted modification to cellular RNA for click chemistry. (Image: Arbeitsgruppe Claudia Höbartner / Universität Würzburg) Important progress for RNA research: A team led by Würzburg chemistry professor Claudia Höbartner has discovered a new ribozyme that can label RNA molecules in living cells. RNA molecules are real all-rounders. They transfer the genetic information from the DNA in the cell. They regulate the activity of genes. And some of them have a catalytic effect: just like enzymes, they enable biochemical reactions that would be difficult or impossible to occur on their own. These special RNA molecules that accelerate such reactions are called ribozymes.
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