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Proteins, nucleic acids and genetic codes.

R Morchio1, A Redaelli, S Traverso

  • 1INFM, Department of Physics, University of Genoa, Via Dodecaneso 33, I-16146 Genova, Italy.

Rivista Di Biologia
|July 12, 2001
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Early life

Area of Science:

  • Origin of life studies
  • Prebiotic chemistry
  • Molecular evolution

Background:

  • Hydrocarbon layers on primitive seas may have facilitated prebiotic synthesis.
  • Nitrogenous bases, especially pyrimidines, could form in these hydrophobic environments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore interactions between early proteic fragments and nitrogenous bases.
  • To propose a mechanism for the formation of early nucleic acid chains.

Main Methods:

  • Physicochemical principles applied to hypothetical interactions.
  • Analysis of potential linkage mechanisms between bases and amino acids.

Main Results:

  • Interactions could lead to the formation of RNA chains from linked bases.

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  • A mechanism for the insertion of bases, potentially forming triplets, is suggested.
  • This process may have initiated a rudimentary genetic code and cooperative growth.

    • Conclusions:

    • The development of the genetic code was a consequence of physicochemical laws, not chance or external direction.
    • Early cooperative interactions accelerated the growth of both protein and nucleic acid fragments.