New evidence suggests that RNA splicing, the removal of non-coding parts of a messenger RNA, is catalysed by an RNA component of the splicing machinery. This component binds a crucial metal ion.
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Nilsen, T. The case for an RNA enzyme. Nature 408, 782–783 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35048655
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