Prebiotic metabolic networks?
A prebiotic origin of metabolism has been proposed as one of several scenarios for the origin of life. In their recent work, Ralser and colleagues (Keller et al, 2014) observe an enzyme-free, metabolism-like reaction network under conditions reproducing a possible prebiotic environment.
Department of Biology, University of Roma Tre, Rome, Italy.
Pier Luigi
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D005075:Biological Evolution; D006019:Glycolysis; D000069497:Origin of Life; D010427:Pentose Phosphate Pathway / Q000235:genetics*