ATAR Notes: Forum

VCE Stuff => VCE Science => VCE Mathematics/Science/Technology => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE Biology => Topic started by: Smiley_ on March 03, 2013, 05:03:52 pm

Title: Ribozymes
Post by: Smiley_ on March 03, 2013, 05:03:52 pm
Do we need to know about these
? Are they an eg of an enzyme that doesn't end in ase ?
Title: Re: Ribozymes
Post by: alondouek on March 03, 2013, 05:12:11 pm
Nope, don't worry about ribozymes. Put extremely simply, they're a type of RNA molecule that can perform pseudo-enzymatic functions.

EDIT: Mind you, certain specific ribozymes such as RNA polymerase are pretty important, but you can just refer to them as enzymes in VCE.

EDIT 2: Screw it, just don't worry about 'em :P
Title: Re: Ribozymes
Post by: Smiley_ on March 03, 2013, 05:17:30 pm
Nope, don't worry about ribozymes. Put extremely simply, they're a type of RNA molecule that can perform pseudo-enzymatic functions.

EDIT: Mind you, certain specific ribozymes such as RNA polymerase are pretty important, but you can just refer to them as enzymes in VCE.

EDIT 2: Screw it, just don't worry about 'em :P
thanks :)
Title: Re: Ribozymes
Post by: Bad Student on March 03, 2013, 09:07:59 pm
Nope, don't worry about ribozymes. Put extremely simply, they're a type of RNA molecule that can perform pseudo-enzymatic functions.

EDIT: Mind you, certain specific ribozymes such as RNA polymerase are pretty important, but you can just refer to them as enzymes in VCE.

EDIT 2: Screw it, just don't worry about 'em :P

Very interesting. I had no idea that RNA polymerase wasn't a protein.
Title: Re: Ribozymes
Post by: alondouek on March 03, 2013, 09:12:16 pm
Very interesting. I had no idea that RNA polymerase wasn't a protein.

It is, it's an enzyme. I'm just stupid :)

EDIT: Just realised why I got confused; RNA polymerase synthesises catalytic RNA (i.e. ribozymes), amongst many other things. Derp.