Chapter 4.3, Problem 2R

Summary Introduction

To review:

The reason for which the ribozymes’ discovery proved to be important in ribonucleic acid (RNA) world hypothesis development.

Introduction:

Ribozymes are enzymes, which are not made up of proteins, instead they are composed of ribonucleotides. The fact that RNA molecules get translated to form a functional protein product as well as can undergo its own replication, proved that RNA could be the first biological molecule to start the origin of life. With the discovery of ribozymes, this claim proved to be correct that RNA came before protein or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).