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在合作性RNA复制者之间自发的网络形成.
Nilesh Vaidya1, Michael L Manapat, Irene A Chen
1Department of Chemistry, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland, Oregon 97207, USA.
Nature
|October 19, 2012
概括
早期生命可能涉及合作分子网络,而不仅仅是单个分子. RNA碎片自我组装成合作网络,超越了自私循环,证明了复杂性的早期演变.
科学领域:
- 生命的起源研究 生命的起源研究
- 分子进化分子进化
- 系统化学 系统化学
背景情况:
- 生命的出现需要自我复制的系统来管理生物信息.
- 在RNA世界中,低突变率对于RNA自我复制和竞争至关重要.
- 理论模型表明,相互作用的分子网络,而不是单个分子,是维持类似生命行为的关键.
研究的目的:
- 研究从RNA片段中自发形成的合作催化循环和网络.
- 为了确定合作RNA网络是否表现出增强的增长动态与自私的自催化循环相比.
- 通过体外选择来证明这些分子网络的可变性.
主要方法:
- RNA碎片的自我组装成自我复制的 ribozymes.
- 合作催化循环和网络形成的分析.
- 合作网络与自私的自催化循环之间的竞争实验.
- 在体外选择以观察网络可变性.
主要成果:
- 混合的RNA片段自发地形成了合作的催化循环和网络.
- 一个特定的三成员RNA网络表现出高度合作的增长动态.
- 合作网络在直接竞争时,表现出比自私的自催化循环更快的增长.
- 实验室内选择证实了这些RNA网络的可演变性.
结论:
- 合作行为即使在新生生命的分子阶段也是有利的.
- RNA种群具有通过合作进化更大的复杂性的内在能力.
- 分子网络,而不是孤立的分子,可能在生命起源中发挥了关键作用.
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