Page 128 - The Miraculous Machine that Works for an Entire Lifetime: Enzyme

Harun Yahya

For any process in our bodies—all the chemical reactions for the

formation of a single growing hair, for example—the requisite enzymes
have to be produced. Messages are therefore transmitted to that part of
the DNA where enzymes are to be produced. Since DNA and RNA per-
form enzyme production together, RNA synthesis must also take place
in that site where the message goes.
In order for that to happen, it's essential that the DNA should as-
sume an active state, that the RNA should be exported from the nucle-
us into the cytoplasm, and that enzymes should be synthesized. Again,
all the different stages in the synthesis of RNA are controlled by other
enzymes. One of those manufactured, adenosine triphosphatase (or

ATPase) establishes the use of ATPs, while another directs the ATPases
to the proper location. Meanwhile, thousands of other enzymes carry
out thousands of other reactions through similar stages in order to keep
the cell alive. Yet one very important point needs to be emphasized:
RNA is synthesized for enzyme production, yet it is enzymes that syn-
thesize RNA!
RNA molecules brought into being by genes in the cell nucleus act
as templates upon which enzymes are formed. If a living organism is
born with a defective gene or if one of its genes is missing, that means
the RNA molecule is incomplete, and that some enzymes have not
formed in the cell. Therefore, those reactions dependent on the enzyme
that's not been manufactured fail to occur, and the organism is defec-

tive. If the enzymes and reactions they perform are vital, the organism
will inevitably die. 78
Enzymes are manufactured by RNA, but RNA needs the enzymes
themselves in order to be able to manufacture enzymes and correct er-
rors in them. In other words, the same thing applies to RNA as applies
to DNA; this system works just as with DNA. When a protein needs to
be manufactured in the cell, an enzyme known as RNA polymerase
travels to the DNA, the cell's data bank. It finds the data concerning the

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