NAI
2009 Annual Science Report
University of Colorado, Boulder
Reporting | JUL 2008 – AUG 2009
Executive Summary
1. Catalysis and the emergence of the genetic code (Shelley Copley, lead)
Summary of Recent Progress
Work on the project so far has focused upon the role of catalysis in the emergence of the genetic code (Copley, S. D., Smith, D. E., and Morowitz, H. G. “A Mechanism for the Association of Amino Acids with their Codons and the Origin of the Genetic Code”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2005, 102, 4442-4447) and in the emergence of the RNA World (Copley, S. D., Smith, E. and Morowitz, H. J. “The Origin of the RNA world”, Bioorganic Chemistry, 2007, 35, 430-443). Current work in collaboration with Smith and Morowitz is addressing the emergence of sparseness in metabolism. There are millions of possible small organic molecules, but the core metabolome of the chemolithoautotroph Aquifex aeolicus, which grows on CO2 and H2 and thus ... Continue reading.
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Bruce Jakosky
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2009 Teams
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Arizona State University
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Georgia Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Montana State University
NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Icy Worlds
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Titan
Pennsylvania State University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
University of California, Berkeley
University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Hawaii, Manoa
University of Wisconsin
VPL at University of Washington