Evolutionary Biology: Exobiology and Evolutionary Mechanisms 2013
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-38212-3_6
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Bottom–Up Protocell Design: Gaining Insights in the Emergence of Complex Functions

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
2
2

Citation Types

0
7
0

Year Published

2014
2014
2021
2021

Publication Types

Select...
4

Relationship

1
3

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 4 publications
(7 citation statements)
references
References 43 publications
0
7
0
Order By: Relevance
“…19 In earlier work, we have designed a self-replicating chemical system, a protocell, which is based on the functionalization of DA fatty acid membranes to carry out photochemical reactions. 29 For efficient catalysis to occur, anchoring of various components in the membrane was essential. Metal-catalyzed, photochemical conversion of DA precursors was demonstrated on the surface of the vesicles using simple aliphatic hydrocarbon chains (10 carbons long).…”
Section: ■ Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
See 1 more Smart Citation
“…19 In earlier work, we have designed a self-replicating chemical system, a protocell, which is based on the functionalization of DA fatty acid membranes to carry out photochemical reactions. 29 For efficient catalysis to occur, anchoring of various components in the membrane was essential. Metal-catalyzed, photochemical conversion of DA precursors was demonstrated on the surface of the vesicles using simple aliphatic hydrocarbon chains (10 carbons long).…”
Section: ■ Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Such a simple hydrophobic moiety was sufficient for almost quantitative anchoring the various functional components of the photocatalytic unit, i.e., the metal complex photosensitizer, ruthenium(II) tris-(bipyridine), and its relay donor, an 8-oxoguanine nucleobase. 30 According to the protocell concept, 29 its reaction network should be controlled by replicable information molecules. That is, molecules containing an information sequence that can be chemically copied, e.g., nucleic acid oligomers instead of a single nucleobase (8-oxoguanine).…”
Section: ■ Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Time frames for bottom-up de novo ''N-progenotes'' evolving interesting prebiotic properties could exceed the lifetimes of laboratory scientists and their institutions. It might therefore be advisable to ''jump the queue'' of random selection through the use of synthetic biology to create ''S-progenotes'' by introducing designed interacting polymer systems (Wieczorek et al, 2013). These ''programmed'' protocell populations would then be subjected to cycles of selective pressures designed to test those polymer systems.…”
mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is a polypeptide-like or membrane-like structure that separates the inner and the outer world [28]. protocell systems are chemical systems which are designed to imitate cell behaviour and emerging properties via their component interactions [29]. protocells have potential biotechnological applications.…”
Section: Principle and Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…protocells have potential biotechnological applications. protocells could be used for synthesis and processing of biotechnological products with high efficiency in mass scale and reduced cost of production [29].…”
Section: Principle and Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%