title: Energy in Ancient Metabolism.
abstract: Modern metabolism would not work without ATP and phosphate, but in primordial biochemical networks, energy currencies might have been simpler. Goldford et al. report a novel systems approach to reconstructing energetics in ancient metabolism, with very interesting results.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Molecular Evolution, University of Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. Electronic address: bill@hhu.de.
authors.forename: William F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, 35043 Marburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Rudolf K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Thauer
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D004734:Energy Metabolism
chemical_list: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate