Metabolic Basis for the Self-Referential Genetic Code

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Aug 2011

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Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, Volume 41, Issue 4, pp.357-371

Computer Science

Genetic Code, Glycine-Serine Pathway, Origin, Evolution, Self-Reference

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An investigation of the biosynthesis pathways producing glycine and serine was necessary to clarify an apparent inconsistency between the self-referential model (SRM) for the formation of the genetic code and the model of coevolution of encodings and of amino acid biosynthesis routes. According to the SRM proposal, glycine was the first amino acid encoded, followed by serine. The coevolution model does not state precisely which the first encodings were, only presenting a list of about ten early assignments including the derivation of glycine from serine—this being derived from the glycolysis intermediate glycerate, which reverses the order proposed by the self-referential model. Our search identified the glycine-serine pathway of syntheses based on one-carbon sources, involving activities of the glycine decarboxylase complex and its associated serine hydroxymethyltransferase, which is consistent with the order proposed by the self-referential model and supports its rationale for the origin of the genetic code: protein synthesis was developed inside an early metabolic system, serving the function of a sink of amino acids; the first peptides were glycine-rich and fit for the function of building the early ribonucleoproteins; glycine consumption in proteins drove the fixation of the glycine-serine pathway.

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