Energy at Origins: Favorable Thermodynamics of Biosynthetic Reactions in the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA)

Energy at Origins: Favorable Thermodynamics of Biosynthetic Reactions in the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA)

Though all theories for the origin of life require a source of energy to promote primordial chemical reactions, the nature of energy that drove the emergence of metabolism at origins is still debated. We reasoned that evidence for the nature of energy at origins should be preserved in the biochemica...

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Main Authors: Jessica L. E. Wimmer, Joana C. Xavier, Andrey d. N. Vieira, Delfina P. H. Pereira, Jacqueline Leidner, Filipa L. Sousa, Karl Kleinermanns, Martina Preiner, William F. Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
origin of life
energetics
bioenergetics
metabolism
early evolution
biosynthesis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.793664/full

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