Zhang and Cech’s experiments confirmed which feature of ribozyme activity?
a. Ribozymes inhibit rates of biological reactions.
b. Ribozymes catalyze formation of bonds between amino acids in protein synthesis.
c. Ribozymes catalyze formation of the fundamental linkage tying nucleic acids to proteins.
d. Ribozymes can link nucleic acids together even if their proteins are removed.
e. Ribozymes provide a possible solution to the question of whether proteins or nucleic acids appeared first in
evolution.
ANSWER: b
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