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. 2017 Mar 9;168(6):953-955.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.02.032.

Energy in Ancient Metabolism

William F Martin  1 , Rudolf K Thauer  2
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Energy in Ancient Metabolism

William F Martin et al. Cell. .
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Abstract

Modern metabolism would not work without ATP and phosphate, but in primordial biochemical networks, energy currencies might have been simpler. Goldford et al. report a novel systems approach to reconstructing energetics in ancient metabolism, with very interesting results.

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