Chapter 4.3, Problem 1R

Summary Introduction

To review:

The importance of catalysis of a reaction and encoding an information in the origin of life.

Introduction:

The importance of catalyst lies in the fact that it decreases the value of activation energy of a reaction. The catalyst makes the reaction fast and feasible. The product of ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a protein which can act as a catalyst or it can be a functional protein product. The origin of life depended on the catalytic and self-encoding behavior of the RNA molecules.