Kee, TP orcid.org/0000-0002-2553-766X and Monnard, P-A (2016) On the emergence of a proto-metabolism and the assembly of early protocells. Elements, 12 (6). pp. 419-424. ISSN 1811-5209
Abstract
Protocells are envisaged as encapsulated networks of catalytic polymers, e.g., RNAs, which are thought to have existed on the prebiotic Earth, as precursors to contemporary biological cells. Such protocells were not alive in the way this word would apply to a contemporary unicellular organism, but instead represented a necessary evolutionary step toward those first forms of cellular life. In this review, we explore how chemicals synthesized by minerals or delivered by meteorites could have contributed to the emergence of the first protocells and supported their evolution towards primitive cellular life.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is an author produced version of a paper published in Elements. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Protocells, Pro-metabolism, Catalytic mineral surfaces, Meteorites, RNA, Energetics. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemistry (Leeds) > Inorganic Chemistry (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 11 Jul 2016 08:49 |
Last Modified: | 01 Dec 2017 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.12.6.419 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Mineralogical Society of America |
Identification Number: | 10.2113/gselements.12.6.419 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:102022 |