Coenzymes in a pre-enzymatic metabolism.
Sci Adv
; 10(38): eadr5357, 2024 Sep 20.
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ABSTRACT
Experiments now support theoretical suggestions that coenzymes mediated key metabolic reactions before the emergence of enzymes. Three coenzymes believed essential to the core metabolism of the last universal common ancestor to extant life (pyridoxal phosphate, adenosine diphosphate, and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) were recently found to be active in their corresponding metabolic reactions in the absence of enzymes. These findings suggest an earlier contribution of coenzymes to abiogenesis, ultimately yielding insights into the prebiotic origins of metabolism.
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Coenzimas
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Sci Adv
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2024
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Francia