Prebiotic metabolic networks?

A prebiotic origin of metabolism has been proposed as one of several scenarios for the origin of life. In their recent work, Ralser and colleagues (Keller et al, 2014) observe an enzyme‐free, metabolism‐like reaction network under conditions reproducing a possible prebiotic environment.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Luisi, Pier Luigi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: European Molecular Biology Organization 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4023397/