The ribosome as a missing link in the evolution of life

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2014.11.025zbMATH Open1412.92225OpenAlexW2062155282WikidataQ28253803 ScholiaQ28253803MaRDI QIDQ2415772FDOQ2415772

Authors: Meredith Root-Bernstein, Robert Root-Bernstein 

Publication date: 23 May 2019

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.11.025

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zbMATH Keywords

RNA worldprotein synthesismessenger RNAribosomal RNAtransfer RNA

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biochemistry, molecular biology (92C40) Genetics and epigenetics (92D10) Problems related to evolution (92D15)

Cites Work

• Overlapping genetic codes for overlapping frameshifted genes in Testudines, and \textit{Lepidochelys olivacea} as special case
• Putative anticodons in mitochondrial trna sidearm loops: pocketknife tRNAs?
• A time-efficient, linar-space local similarity algorithm
• Overlapping genes in vertebrate genomes
• Suggested phylogeny of tRNAs based on the construction of ancestral sequences

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• Mechanism of translation based on intersubunit complementarities of ribosomal RNAs and tRNAs
• Evolution of the first genetic cells and the universal genetic code: a hypothesis based on macromolecular coevolution of RNA and proteins
• A possible circular RNA at the origin of life
• Evolution of the genetic code based on conservative changes of codons, amino acids, and aminoacyl tRNA synthetases

Uses Software

• PSI-BLAST
• BLAST

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