Tag: enzymes
Error Catastrophe: Manfred Eigen’s Show-Stopper Is Still Stopping the Origin-of-Life Show
We are nearing a half-century since Eigen wrote about this paradox, and it “still challenges theoretical biologists.”
A Dentist in the Sahara: Doug Axe on the Rarity of Proteins Is Decisively Confirmed
In a previous article I described the evidence that cooption faces insurmountable mathematical challenges in explaining the origins of such complex molecular machines as the bacterial flagellum.
Latest Acts in the Origin-of-Life Circus
Leading lights in origin-of-life research share their work and thoughts in a series of open-access articles about chemical evolution.
#5 of Our Top Stories of 2018: It’s Not “Evolution” — A Nobel Prize for Engineering Enzymes
In effect, protein engineers are using the power of random change plus intelligent design to see what if anything will improve function.
Chemical Affinity, Motor Proteins: Good Questions from a Reader
About the movement of organelles: There are molecular motor proteins that haul them around!