In this issue, Chakraborty and Ghosh present initial in vitro data indicating a 53-base part of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) epsilon region is a ribozyme with unusual properties. Self-cleavage first occurred at the HBV non-canonical polyadenylation signal UAUAAA and the "centre bulge" of the epsilon region, releasing a ribozyme. The released ribozyme then acted as a new class of trans-cleaving ribozyme cleaving other RNAs.
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