Designing the Ribonucleases: The Scissor Enzymes

V.N. Silnikov

Our cells can be viewed as sophisticated “chemical factories”, where countless numbers of diverse biochemical reactions are running steadily. Importantly, the processes of destruction of superfluous or alien compounds are no less significant for the cell than synthesis. All these processes are usually put into effect by means of enzymes, the naturally occurring protein catalysts.

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