How the first polymerase was synthesized?

Prashanta Bhattacharjee @Prashanta-Bhattacharjee

12 June 2023 1 8K Report

A polymerase enzyme must be needed to transcribe a RNA or replicate a DNA sequence a. But how the 1st polymerase was produced from the genetic material when the ancient cell was born?

Robert Adolf Brinzer

That is a question that is often debated. Some believe that zeolite minerals were involved in the first RNA polymerizations leading to the RNA world hypothesis. The RNA is then thought to have catalyzed peptide formation with compartmentalization using lipid membranes having come last.

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