Widespread Presence of Catalytic RNAs in All Domains of Life
Fei Qi, Yue Chen, Yiting Lin, Zipeng Chen, Yuhe Zhong, Fuchun Zhang, Kejia Li, Yonghong Zhao, Meng Li, Siqi Chen, Ilia Kruglikov, Wenjing Yin, Qinling Tang, Junjie Chen, Wenzhui Zhang, , Philipp Kapranov
The paper identifies millions of self-cleaving ribozymes in humans and other species, revealing a much larger ribozyme-ome than previously thought and their potential roles in gene regulation and biotechnology.
bioRxiv · Oct 28, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology