Combining catalysis and replication

Combining catalysis and replication

It’s not known how life’s essential properties of replication, metabolism and compartmentalization were first integrated. Two recent articles now shed light on how metabolic characteristics may be incorporated into replicating systems, harnessing an external energy source to increase their rate of r...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature chemistry 2020-07, Vol.12 (7), p.585-587
Hauptverfasser: Solís-Muñana, Pablo, Chen, Jack L. Y.
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Sprache:eng
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Analytical Chemistry
Biochemistry
Catalysis
Catalytic activity
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Chemistry/Food Science
Energy sources
Inorganic Chemistry
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Organic Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
Replication
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Zusammenfassung:It’s not known how life’s essential properties of replication, metabolism and compartmentalization were first integrated. Two recent articles now shed light on how metabolic characteristics may be incorporated into replicating systems, harnessing an external energy source to increase their rate of replication and acquiring catalytic activity.
ISSN:1755-4330
1755-4349
DOI:10.1038/s41557-020-0500-x