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On the origin of the genetic code. Eörs Szathmáry. Collegium Budapest Eötvös University. The structure of the genetic code. Variants of the common code. Amino acid biosynthesis in E. coli. Coevolution chart. Precursor-product pairs in biosynthesis
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On the origin of the genetic code Eörs Szathmáry Collegium Budapest Eötvös University
Coevolution chart • Precursor-product pairs in biosynthesis • Dashed boxes are hypothetical intermediate stages • Italicised codons do not match coevolution predictions
Constraints on codon reshuffling for statistical investigations
From RNA to protein • Gradual lose of scaffold • Amino acids to peptides to proteins • Not very well worked out
The smallest typtophan binder • The anticodon is CCA • 13 fully conserved nucleotides (26 bits of information) • Selective among hydrophobic changes
An interesting idea? • First two bases of a codon implied in synthesis of amino acids originating from the reductive citric acid cycle