TomHendricks474@cs.com> wrote in message
news:etekoh$2goj$1@darwin.ediacara.org...
This can be a breakthrough for RNA world thinkersRNA enzyme structure offers
a glimpse into the origins of life
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.nl.html?pid=22137
"Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have
determined the three-dimensional structure of an RNA enzyme,
or "ribozyme," that carries out a fundamental reaction required to
make new RNA molecules. Their results provide insight into what may have
been the first self-replicating molecule to arise billions of years ago
on the evolutionary path toward the emergence of life."
Well, maybe. I was enthusiastic, too, when the first 3-D structures of
the most important 'ribozyme' - the ribosome - became available about
5 years ago. I thought it might provide insight into the origin of
protein synthesis, if not OOL. But if anything much has come of that,
I haven't heard about it.
