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RNA molecules that act as enzymes are called ribozymes(also called RNA enzymes or catalytic RNA).

They have a well defined tertiary structure (like proteins), their activity is often coordinated to metal ions as cofactors, and they have been found to catalyze reactions in which a ribosome removes the amino group from an amino acid.

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