Fourteen different classes of ribozymes are known that catalyze a range of diverse chemical reactions. We report here a novel potassium-dependent nucleolytic activity present in Hepatitis B Virus (HBV
Adenosine deaminases acting on RNA (ADARs) are enzymes that convert adenosines to inosines in double-stranded RNAs (RNA editing A-to-I). ADAR1 and ADAR2 were previously reported as HIV-1 proviral fact