First cells may have emerged because building blocks of proteins stabilized membranes 8/12/19 “Amino acids were not just protecting vesicles from disruption by magnesium ions, but they also created multilayered vesicles — like nested membranes,” said lead author Caitlin Cornell, a UW doctoral student in the Department of Chemistry. The researchers also discovered that amino … Brokered regulatory leverage: Breaking Bad (2)
See: Nutrient-dependent/pheromone-controlled adaptive evolution: a model (6/14/13) A good model predicts. In my refutation of the neo-Darwinian pseudoscientific nonsense touted in Mutation-Driven Evolution (6/14/13), I predicted: The role of the microRNA/messenger RNA balance… in adaptive evolution will certainly be discussed in published works that will follow. On 6/13/13 25691 of the currently existing 87961 articles … MicroRNA-controlled quantitative trait loci (QTLs)
Ribosomes and cryo-EM: a duet …cryo-EM structures have revealed unprecedented insights into the function of ribosomes from a wide range of biological sources and in numerous physiological contexts. These include the discovery of a new mechanism of polypeptide synthesis and the identification of the roles of ribosomes in functional supercomplexes. For comparison see: Criticisms of … Epigenetic effects on so-called genetic endemism (3)
Mechanism of transmembrane signaling by sensor histidine kinases, was reported as Scientists investigate how the sense of smell works in bacteria …the signaling and inactive states differ only very slightly at the nitrate-binding site – by 0.5-1 angstroms, which is approximately one fifth of the size of the ion itself (1 angstrom is 10-10 meters). … Food energy-dependent epigenetic adaptation
See: Energy-dependent purifying selection / autophagy (4) See also: Team develops method to better identify genes involved in diseases If we can pinpoint the genetic mutations that cause a particular disease, we can associate those mutations with specific proteins, and then design drugs to block or activate those proteins. We can also measure the activity … Energy-dependent purifying selection / autophagy (5)
This is a multi-part series. See also: Energy-dependent purifying selection / autophagy (2-6) Pain from Cells that Are Not Neurons Introduction: Recent research on pain shows a very surprising result. A new type of neuroplasticity has been discovered… My comment: It’s discovery does not make it a new type of neuroplasticity. Discoveries like this attest … Energy-dependent purifying selection / autophagy
Energy-dependent RNA methylation (1) Conclusion: Until someone establishes a clear link from energy-dependent RNA methylation to behavior and publishes in a journal such as the Journal of Neuroscience, others may not examine other experimental evidence that clearly links viruses like the Zika virus to changes in morphological phenotypes and behavioral phenotypes via differences in energy-dependent … Energy-dependent RNA methylation (2)
Scientific Seeker Stuart Kauffman on Free Will, God, ESP and Other Mysteries By John Horgan | February 4, 2015 Excerpt: Horgan: What do you make of the antipathy toward religion expressed by Richard Dawkins and other “New Atheists?” Kauffman: … moral behavior requires no belief in God. Morality probably evolved in Paleolithic to some extent. But … Atheism: Arrogant, useless, and divisive ignorance
