2007
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.07.010
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A possible circular RNA at the origin of life

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“…By solving the min-max problem above, we find the structure shown in Fig. 1 (Demongeot and Moreira 2007, Demongeot et al 2006, 2009a. This structure can be given in circular or hairpin form and could be considered as the ancestor of the present tRNAs.…”
Section: The Genetic Code As Optimizing Some Variational Principlesmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…By solving the min-max problem above, we find the structure shown in Fig. 1 (Demongeot and Moreira 2007, Demongeot et al 2006, 2009a. This structure can be given in circular or hairpin form and could be considered as the ancestor of the present tRNAs.…”
Section: The Genetic Code As Optimizing Some Variational Principlesmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…These duplication steps could take place on the timescale of hours (Vogel et al 2005) giving support to the theory that RNA spontaneously replicated during prebiotic evolution. Let us suppose now that the initial RNA template strands polymerized by chance in the prebiotic RNA world were circular with nucleotidic sequences similar to those of a remarkable RNA ring called Archetypal Loop AL and studied in (Demongeot and Moreira 2007): this RNA ring offers weak interaction sites (electrostatic at short distance and van der Waals at mean distance) for any polar (hydrophilic) or unpolar (hydrophobic) aminoacid present in the prebiotic medium. ''The most obvious function of RNA today is to serve as a structural element that assists in the formation of strong peptidic bonds between amino acids in the synthesis of proteins.…”
Section: Proto-cell Boundarymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ces attracteurs doivent être très robustes [8] pour résister aux perturbations de l'environnement sur l'architecture des interactions (à laquelle les attracteurs sont très sensibles), par exemple par intervention de microARN, souvent issus d'agents infectieux intervenant au cours de l'évolution des espèces concernées [9,10]. Cette robustesse devient vitale lorsque la morphogenèse concerne un organe dont la fonction est critique pour la survie, par exemple la maintenance mitochondriale de l'intégrité respiratoire cellulaire [11] ou le contrôle de la morphogenèse par des facteurs de transcription [12].…”
Section: Les Systèmes Dynamiques Et Les Systèmes Complexesunclassified