Hangisi önce oluştu: DNA mı yoksa protein mi? Ribozimlerin keşfi ve RNA dünyası hipotezi bu soruya başka bir boyut kazandırmıştır. Ribozimlerin keşfine kadar, enzimler tek doğal katalizör olarak kabul edilmekteydi.
Ribozimler (RNA enzimleri veya katalitik RNA olarak da bilinir), biyokimyasal reaksiyonları katalize eden RNA parçacıklarıdır. 1980'lerde ribozimleri ilk kez keşfeden Thomas Cech ve Sidney Altman, daha sonra bu moleküllerin katalitik özelliklerini araştırmaya devam etmişlerdir. Thomas Cech, Tetrahymena thermophila ribozomal RNA geninde ribozomal RNA intronlarının düzenlenmesinin, ek hücresel yapıların yokluğunda gerçekleşebildiğini bulmuştur. Sidney Altman ve meslektaşları, öncü tRNA’yı aktif tRNA'ya dönüştürmeden sorumlu bir enzim olan bakteriyel RNaz P'yi keşfetmişlerdir. RNaz P, bir protein bileşeni ve bu protein bileşeni olmadığında, öncü tRNA'nın tRNA oluşturmak üzere ayrılmasını uyarabilen, enzimatik aktivite gösteren RNA yapısında bir bileşenden oluşur. . Ek olarak, Thomas Cech, RNA intron dizisinin fosfodiester bağları kırıp yeniden düzenleyebileceği sonucuna varmıştır.. Araştırmacılar bu keşifleriyle 1989'da Nobel Kimya Ödülü'nü kazanmışlardır. Doğal ribozimler, kendi fosfodiester bağlarının hidrolizini katalize eder. Ayrıca aminotransferaz aktivitesini katalize ederler. Bunun yanında, diğer RNA dizilerinin hidrolizinde katalizör olarak yer alabilirler. Enzimler kadar spesifik olmaları ve bir RNA parçası olmaları nedeniyle ribozimler olarak adlandırılırlar. Ancak aşağıdaki özelliklerinden dolayı enzimlerden farklıdırlar:
1) Enzimlerin aksine ribozimler belirli bir pH ve sıcaklık gerektirmezler.
2) Ribozimler nükleotidlerden oluşur.
3) Aktif ve katalitik alanlar gibi iyi tanımlanmış bölgeleri bulunmaz.
4) Çok küçük miktarlarda maddelere etki edebilirler, ancak etkinlikleri daha sınırlıdır.
Bugüne kadar birçok doğal ribozim keşfedilmiştir, ek olarak çeşitli yapay ribozimlerin sentezlenmesiyle birlikte sayıları giderek artmaktadır. Ribozimler yukarıda bahsedilen özellikleri nedeniyle, potansiyel terapötik ajanlar ve biyosensörler olarak yanı sıra fonksiyonel genomik ve gen keşfindeki uygulamalarda önemli rol oynayabilir.
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What came first DNA or protein? The discovery of ribozymes and the hypothesis of RNA world has given this question another dimension. Before the discovery of the ribozymes, enzymes was the only known natural catalysts.
Ribozymes (also known as RNA enzymes or catalytic RNA) are RNA particles that catalyze biochemical reactions. Thomas Cech and Sidney Altman were the first to discover ribozymes during the 1980s and later went on to investigate their catalytic properties. Thomas Cech found that splicing of introns in ribosomal RNA in the ribosomal RNA gene in Tetrahymena thermophila occurred in the absence of additional cell extracts. Sidney Altman and his colleagues, discovered the bacterial RNase P, an enzyme responsible for converting precursor tRNA to its active form. However, it was found that in addition to proteins, the enzyme contained RNA that could stimulate the cleavage of precursor tRNA into tRNA in the absence of the protein component. In addition, Cech concluded that the intron sequence of RNA could cleave and reform phosphodiester bonds. They won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for the same thing in 1989. Natural ribozymes catalyze the hydrolysis of their own phosphodiester bonds. They also catalyze the aminotransferase activity. Further, they catalyze the hydrolysis of other RNA. They are termed as ribozymes because they are as specific as enzymes and belong to RNA. However, they are different from enzymes because of the following reasons:
1) Unlike enzymes, ribozymes do not require a specific pH and temperature.
2) Ribozymes consist of nucleotides.
3) They do not have well-defined regions, such as active and catalytic sites.
4) They can act on very small amounts of substances but perform a more limited set of actions.
Many ribozymes have been discovered till date. The discovery of naturally occurring ribozymes is increasing along with the synthesis of several artificial ribozymes. Because of their abilities, ribozymes have been investigated for applications as therapeutic agents and biosensors as well as in genomic functions and discovery of genes.
