title: Creation of Simple Biochemical Systems to Study Early Cellular Life.
abstract: A constructive model of the minimal cell that can produce lipids internally was proposed by reconstructing a set of enzymes involved in phospholipid biosynthesis. This will be an promising approach to study not only for potential reconstruction of LUCA-like organisms but also for construction of artificial cells.
authors.affiliation: Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, kuruma@elsi.jp.
authors.forename: Yutetsu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuruma
mesh_terms: D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D008956:Models, Chemical; D000069497:Origin of Life