Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
The limits of metabolic heredity in protocells
R. Nunes Palmeira, M. Colnaghi, S. A. Harrison…·N. Lane
This study shows that nucleotide catalysis can promote protocell growth when directly involved in CO2 fixation, but not when catalyzing other pathways.
DOI 10.1098/rspb.2022.1469