Re: universality of codons to amino acids

Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:

> Kleuskes & Moos wrote:
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>>A ribosome actually consist of a complex of proteins. So it's not just
>>"stuff".
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> You mean, a complex of proteins isn't stuff? That is a whole new
> definition of "stuff" that I never knew. Do you have a wikopedia entry
> that I can look up somewhere that explains how proteins aren't stuff?

No need to get snide. You seemed to be saying that "ribosome" was a
substance, like nylon or grape jelly, when instead it's an object, like
a radio or a volvo. It's not a complex of proteins either; it's a
complex of proteins and RNA, in which the most important component is
RNA. In fact, a ribosome will function (though not as well) with all of
its proteins removed.

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