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Panel (1) shows a full protocell. Panel (2) depicts the metabolic system for the protocell that is composed of a combined energy transducer (ruthenium complex) and a co-factor (DNA) that modulates the energy transduction process. The overall metabolic efficiency depends on the combinatorial properties of the DNA co-factor; different nucleobase composition and sequences alters the efficiency. -- q-bio.MN

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Metabolism, Information, And Viability In A Simulated Physically-plausible Protocell

by Keith CowingMay 14, 2024May 14, 2024

Critical experimental design issues connecting energy transduction and inheritable information within a protocell are explored and elucidated.