Can the origin of biosynthetic routes be explained by a Frankenstein’s monster-like spontaneous assembly of prebiotic reactants?
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This scientific paper examines how the first metabolic pathways on Earth might have originated. The authors argue against the idea that metabolic pathways simply assembled themselves from chemicals present in the primitive environment, like putting together parts of a monster. Instead, they propose that early genetic systems and RNA-based catalysts were necessary for metabolism to develop and evolve into the complex systems we see in life today.