Molecular complementarity between simple, universal molecules and ions limited phenotype space in the precursors of cells

Biology Direct

Robert Root-Bernstein¹  Kazuei Igarashi²  Rosetta N Reusch⁴  Vic Norris³ 

[1]Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, MI, USA

[2]Amine Pharma Research Institute, Innovation Plaza at Chiba University, 1-8-15 Inohana, Chuo-ku 260-0856, Chiba, Japan

[3]Department of Biology, University of Rouen, Mont Saint Aignan, 76821, France

[4]Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, MI, USA

关键词: RNA;    DNA;    Complementarity;    Polymer;    Cation;    Network;    Hyperstructure;    Protein kinase;    Origin of life;   

Others  :  1084067
DOI  :  10.1186/s13062-014-0028-3

【 摘 要 】

Background

Fundamental problems faced by the protocells and their modern descendants include how to go from one phenotypic state to another; escape from a basin of attraction in the space of phenotypes; reconcile conflicting growth and survival strategies (and thereby live on ‘the scales of equilibria’); and create a coherent, reproducible phenotype from a multitude of constituents.

Presentation of the hypothesis

The solutions to these problems are likely to be found with the organic and inorganic molecules and inorganic ions that constituted protocells, which we term SUMIs for Simple Universal Molecules and Ions. These SUMIs probably included polyphosphate (PolyP) as a source of energy and of phosphate; poly-(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) as a source of carbon and as a transporter in association with PolyP; polyamines as a source of nitrogen; lipids as precursors of membranes; as well as peptides, nucleic acids, and calcium. Here, we explore the hypothesis that the direct interactions between PHB, PolyP, polyamines and lipids – modulated by calcium – played a central role in solving the fundamental problems faced by early and modern cells.

Testing the hypothesis

We review evidence that SUMIs (1) were abundant and available to protocells; (2) are widespread in modern cells; (3) interact with one another and other cellular constituents to create structures with new functions surprisingly similar to those of proteins and RNA; (4) are essential to creating coherent phenotypes in modern bacteria. SUMIs are therefore natural candidates for reducing the immensity of phenotype space and making the transition from a “primordial soup” to living cells.

Implications of the hypothesis

We discuss the relevance of the SUMIs and their interactions to the ideas of molecular complementarity, composomes (molecular aggregates with hereditary properties based on molecular complementarity), and a prebiotic ecology of co-evolving populations of composomes. In particular, we propose that SUMIs might limit the initial phenotype space of composomes in a coherent way. As examples, we propose that acidocalcisomes arose from interactions and self-selection among SUMIs and that the phosphorylation of proteins in modern cells had its origin in the covalent modification of proteins by PHB.

Reviewers

This article was reviewed by Doron Lancet and Kepa Ruiz-Mirazo.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Norris et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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