Permeability selection of biologically relevant membranes matches the stereochemistry of life on Earth.

Early in the evolution of life, a proto-metabolic network was encapsulated within a membrane compartment. The permeability characteristics of the membrane determined several key functions of this network by determining which compounds could enter the compartment and which compounds could not. One ke...

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Main Authors: Olivia Goode, Urszula Łapińska, Juliano Morimoto, Georgina Glover, David S Milner, Alyson E Santoro, Stefano Pagliara, Thomas A Richards
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-05-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003155
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