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11 years ago
On the other hand, protein molecules and RNA molecules can act as enzymes and catalyze reactions. Why is that?
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11 years ago
because the specific role of DNA is to CODE for protein, not act as protein.
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11 years ago
DNA only uses it's four bases, protein and RNA can use other molecules that carry out the catalyzing reactions
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11 years ago
DNA is a very important molecule and cannot risk being damaged. DNA will stay in the cell nucleus while messenger RNA (a molecule that is copied segment of the DNA code) will be used to synthesize proteins in a ribosome. A process called translation.
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