Charlie McHenry on Nostr: The mystery of why life uses molecules with specific orientations has deepened with a ...
The mystery of why life uses molecules with specific orientations has deepened with a NASA-funded discovery that RNA — a key molecule thought to have potentially held the instructions for life before DNA emerged — can favor making the building blocks of proteins in either the left-hand or the right-hand orientation. Resolving this mystery could provide clues to the origin of life. The findings appear in research recently published in Nature Communications. #Biology #Science #Sidedness #YinYang
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