[zeestephen]

Re: All the proteins of a bacterial ribosome can be carefully removed and the ribosome still catalyzes the reaction.

Interesting...

But, not an obvious fact that a science writer and his non-scientist readers should be expected to know about.

[ifinnegan]

That the RNA is the catalytic part of the ribosome is well known. It’s basic.

My comment was simply to point it out, not to judge if someone should know or not.