Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- On Christian de Duve: An Editor's Appreciation
- General Introduction
- 1 Building Blocks
- 2 Homochirality
- 3 Protometabolism
- 4 ATP
- 5 Electrons and Protons
- 6 Thioesters
- 7 RNA
- 8 Proteins
- 9 DNA
- 10 Membranes
- 11 Protonmotive Force
- 12 Protometabolism Revisited
- 13 The LUCA
- 14 The First Fork
- 15 Eukaryotes
- 16 Oxygen
- 17 Endosymbionts
- 18 Multicellulars
- 19 Homo
- 20 Evolution
- Final Comments
- Bibliography
- Index
8 - Proteins
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- On Christian de Duve: An Editor's Appreciation
- General Introduction
- 1 Building Blocks
- 2 Homochirality
- 3 Protometabolism
- 4 ATP
- 5 Electrons and Protons
- 6 Thioesters
- 7 RNA
- 8 Proteins
- 9 DNA
- 10 Membranes
- 11 Protonmotive Force
- 12 Protometabolism Revisited
- 13 The LUCA
- 14 The First Fork
- 15 Eukaryotes
- 16 Oxygen
- 17 Endosymbionts
- 18 Multicellulars
- 19 Homo
- 20 Evolution
- Final Comments
- Bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- SingularitiesLandmarks on the Pathways of Life, pp. 88 - 111Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005