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The great majority of enzymes are proteins.

Proteins are well suited to the job of catalysis, as they can fold into specific three-dimensional shapes that complement the shapes of their substrates.

A few enzymes are RNA. For example, the activity of ribosomes depends in part on the catalytic activity of ribosomal RNA (rRNA).

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