FTP, name this class of compounds in which RNA functions as a catalyst.
One example is the hammerhead type, which has a turnover of one. Like introns, they were first discovered in tetrahymena, in the context of splicing by Thomas Cech (CHECK) at Colorado, leading to a 1989 Nobel Prize for both him and Sydney Altman. Scientists have since discovered more than 500 of them and recently, it was revealed that the 50s subunit of the ribosome is one of these as well. FTP, name this class of compounds in which RNA functions as a catalyst.
One example is the hammerhead type, which has a turnover of one.
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