The Metabolism of LUCA (IMAGE)

Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf

The Metabolism of LUCA

Caption

The Metabolism of LUCA. The research team investigated 402 biochemical reactions that are required for the biosynthesis of the molecular building blocks of life. Each circle represents one reaction, its color represents the energy that is released at each reaction. Green means energy is released, violet means energy is required.

Credit

HHU / Jessica Wimmer

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Public Domain

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