Ribonucleoprotein complexes are roughly half RNA and half pr

Ribonucleoprotein complexes are roughly half RNA and half protein. Provide three key enzymes in eukaryotic molecular biology that are part RNA, part protein?

Solution

The three enzymes are :

(1) Telomearse : It is a ribonucleoprotein and it conatins RNA and protein.It reembles reverse transcriptase, enzyme that synthesis DNA using RNA template.

(2) Spliceosomes: they are also ribonucleoprotein which help in splicing.They are formed by snRNA which are associated with a wide range of proteins.They are U1,U2,U4,U5,U6.

(3) Ribosome:It is made up of RNA and dozens of proteins.It consists of two subunits.It helps in the translation of m-RNA.