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Can you explain what "discarded" means there? Does the body somehow flush it out?
by throwawaysea 6y ago
Can you explain what "discarded" means there? Does the body somehow flush it out?
- atleta 6y agoMy understanding was that it gets cut into pieces (probably nucleotides in the end) and then reused. I've done a quick google search and it seems that there are multiple mechanisms: http://www.eb.tuebingen.mpg.de/remco-sprangers/mrna-degradation.html http://www.eb.tuebingen.mpg.de/remco-sprangers/mrna-degradat... and also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messenger_RNA#Degradation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messenger_RNA#Degradation But the main idea is that it degrades with use until it becomes unusable and actively gets destroyed.