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Pyrophosphate and Irreversibility in Evolution, or why PP(i) Is Not an Energy Currency and why Nature Chose Triphosphates

The possible evolutionary significance of pyrophosphate (PP(i)) has been discussed since the early 1960s. Lipmann suggested that PP(i) could have been an ancient currency or a possible environmental source of metabolic energy at origins, while Kornberg proposed that PP(i) vectorializes metabolism be...

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Autores principales: Wimmer, Jessica L. E., Kleinermanns, Karl, Martin, William F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8575175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34759911
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.759359