"Primordial" proteins successfully inserted into engineered E. coli in synthetic biology breakthrough

Researchers at Rutgers and Rice Universities have shed some light on the mystery of how life on Earth got started. After studying proteins that are key to metabolism in modern cells, the team reverse engineered a simplified protein that may have been responsible for kickstarting the process in ancient times. And to prove the idea, they then implanted it into living bacteria and found that it works just fine.

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Category: Biology

Tags:

• Bacteria
• Electrons
• Evolution
• Life
• Protein
• Rice University
• Rutgers University

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