The splicing process refers to the key genetic processing of removing non coding elements from premRNA, introns, to leave exons or areas of RNA that code for proteins.
In some instances splicosomes a specialist protein complex undertakes the splicing process. Spliceosomes are specialist ribozyme’s made up of small nuclear RNA and proteins whose role is to remove or splice the nucleotide sequences from within genetic pre mRNA structures to produce the final mature RNA in the gene replication process. In other situations ribozymes, RNA enzymes perform the role.
The splicing process is an important part of the process of ensuring genetic diversity.