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Researchers from the University of California San Diego report a version of an RNA enzyme (ribozyme) that makes GTP synthesis more efficient than its predecessor.
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University of California San Diego
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researchers from the University of California San Diego, Ulrich Müller
What
Researchers from the University of California San Diego report a version of an RNA enzyme (ribozyme) that makes GTP synthesis more efficient than its predecessor.
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Sun, 14 Jun 2026 13:00:04 GMT · 3h 43m ago
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Why
Any system that could generate guanosine-triphosphate (GTP)—which is necessary for RNA synthesis—from prebiotic chemicals would gain a crucial advantage toward self-replication.
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This development in ribozyme efficiency is a significant step towards understanding how early life, specifically RNA-dominated stages, could have self-replicated and evolved on Earth.
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