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Orig Life Evol Biosph
; 44(4): 357-61, 2014 Dec.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25614291
RESUMO
Primordial metabolism co-evolved with the earliest membrane peptides to produce more environmentally fit progeny. Here, we map a continuous, evolutionary path that connects nascent biochemistry with simple, membrane-bound oligopeptides, ion channels and, further, membrane proteins capable of energy transduction and utilization of energy for active transport.