Code not philic/phobic but ATP generator
- From: TomHendricks474@xxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 02:23:29 -0400 (EDT)
This seems to support my idea about a possible
RNA / ATP connection as I have suggested
http://www.voyle.net/Nano%20Research/research00019%20.htm
Excerpt:
Guo's group has discovered another way that RNA
might be the keystone for biological processes:
they have found that it is able to bind adenosine
triphosphate, or ATP, which is the crucial substance
used to transfer metabolic energy in living things.
"You couldn't live for one second without ATP,"
Guo said. "Your muscles, for example, are able to
flex because an enzyme called ATPase binds the
ATP molecule, breaking one of ATP's chemical bonds
and releasing the energy you use when walking or talking."
Guo theorizes that because RNA can also bind ATP,
it might be not only life's original seed molecule,
but also able to direct the release of the energy
needed to create life from that seed.
"We are just beginning to learn about RNA's many
functions," he said. "But it is possible that it plays
a crucial role in metabolism, too. In that case, RNA
would play a more central role in biology than we
originally thought. We are seeking fundamental knowledge
here."
I would go further, and suggest it may have been
just about the earliest step in the origin.
Sun - ATP - THEN coding.
Comment?
Tom
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