Genetic code origin: are the pathways of type Glu-trnagln->Gln-trnagln molecular fossils or not?
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2002
Abstract:
A logical-evolutionary analysis is conducted
to clarify whether or not pathways of type Glu-tRNA(Gln) --> Gln-tRNA(Gln)
are molecular fossils of the mechanism that gave rise to the evolutionary
organization of the genetic code. The result of this analysis is that these
pathways are most likely a manifestation of this mechanism. This provides
strong evidence in favor of the coevolution theory of genetic code origin,
as this theory is based on the amino acid biosynthetic transformation
taking place on tRNA-like molecules which imprinted the genetic code
structuring. Comments on the different interpretations of these pathways
found in the literature are also provided.
Tipologia CRIS:
01.01 Articolo in rivista
Elenco autori:
DI GIULIO, Massimo
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