The reporter learned from West Lake University on the 28th that the “Vita” journal published a discovery by Professor Shi Yigong's team from the university's National Key Laboratory of Genetic Material Expression and Reconstruction that broke traditional perceptions: the rice protein osNTP4 can synthesize RNA autonomously from scratch under in vitro conditions, and rice osNTP10 protein and Arabidopsis aTT1 protein also have similar activity. “RNA is an important nucleic acid molecule in cells. It performs functions such as transmitting genetic information, regulating genes, and participating in protein synthesis. In the past, the scientific community generally believed that RNA synthesis must rely on a nucleic acid template or continue to build on existing RNA fragments.” Associate researcher Zhan Xie Chao of the team explained that the results of this research have refreshed traditional perceptions.

The reporter learned from West Lake University on the 28th that the “Vita” journal published a discovery by Professor Shi Yigong's team from the university's National Key Laboratory of Genetic Material Expression and Reconstruction that broke traditional perceptions: the rice protein osNTP4 can synthesize RNA autonomously from scratch under in vitro conditions, and rice osNTP10 protein and Arabidopsis aTT1 protein also have similar activity. “RNA is an important nucleic acid molecule in cells. It performs functions such as transmitting genetic information, regulating genes, and participating in protein synthesis. In the past, the scientific community generally believed that RNA synthesis must rely on a nucleic acid template or continue to build on existing RNA fragments.” Associate researcher Zhan Xie Chao of the team explained that the results of this research have refreshed traditional perceptions.