Zhang and Cech's Experiments Confirmed Which Feature of Ribozyme Activity

question 74

Multiple Choice

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.

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