In fact, rRNA is sometimes called a ribozyme or catalytic RNA to reflect this function. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic ribosomes are different from each other as a result of divergent evolution.

We are fond of the 2000 structural biology paper "The ribosome is a ribozyme", which is an absolute model of efficiency ...

This discovery led to the concept of the ribosome as a ribozyme, an RNA molecule with enzymatic properties. The catalytic center of the ribosome, known as the peptidyl transferase center (PTC), is ...

These results demonstrated that the ribosome is a ribozyme. Since 2000 Nenad Ban is a professor of structural molecular biology at the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). Structural ...

Some RNA molecules, called ribozymes, possess catalytic activity and can catalyze chemical reactions. For example, the ribosome itself is a ribozyme, as the rRNA component catalyzes the formation of ...

HHMI scientists and their colleagues discover a new mechanism of protein synthesis. Ribosomes are the cell’s molecular machines, responsible for translating genetic information in messenger RNA into ...

but the limited resolution of the map prevents ascertaining whether the major interactions are likely to be with protein or RNA components of the ribosome. Pamela Pavco (Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals ...