Cut, file, shred: Type of multi-tool pocketknife processes ribosomal RNA
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 11:32
in Physics & Chemistry
A tool in ribosome manufacture has been identified by researchers. A complex of four proteins that, much like a multi-tool pocketknife, serves as a knife, a file and a pair of scissors in the manufacture of ribosomes. The complex helps eliminate the residual ribonucleic acid (RNA) that are produced during the manufacturing of the ribsome and must be removed to complete the process, scientists report.