The Origin of Life and Evolutionary Biochemistry

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A. I. Oparin and the Origin of Life....Pages 3-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Protein Structure and the Molecular Evolution of Biological Energy Conversion....Pages 9-19
Condensation Reactions of Lysine in the Presence of Polyadenylic Acid....Pages 21-27
Considerations of the Origin of Spontaneous Mutations....Pages 29-39
Pre-Enzymic Emergence of Biochemical Metabolism....Pages 41-52
The Methods of Science and the Origins of Life....Pages 53-58
Phospholipid Monolayers—As a Prototype of Biological Membranes....Pages 59-67
Peptides and Amino Acids in the Primordial Hydrosphere....Pages 69-77
Amino Acids and Carbohydrates in Precambrian Rocks....Pages 79-87
The Surfaces of Coacervate Drops and the Formation of Colonies....Pages 89-95
On Some Problems of Evolution of the Photosynthetic Pigment Apparatus....Pages 97-106
Ammonia: Did it have a Role in Chemical Evolution?....Pages 107-117
Coacervate Droplets, Proteinoid Microspheres, and the Genetic Apparatus....Pages 119-132
Aspects of the Evolution of Some Systems and Processes of Self-Regulation of Plant Metabolism....Pages 133-142
Photochemical Formation of Organic Compounds from Mixtures of Simple Gases Simulating the Primitive Atmosphere of the Earth....Pages 143-151
The Iron-Sulphur Proteins: Evolution of a Ubiquitous Protein from the Origin of Life to Higher Organisms....Pages 153-168
Evolution and Ecology of Phosphorus Metabolism....Pages 169-182
Amino Acid Synthesis by Glow Discharge Electrolysis: A Possible Route for Prebiotic Synthesis of Amino Acids....Pages 183-205
Prefigured Ordering and Protoselection in the Origin of Life....Pages 207-220
Life’s Beginnings — Origin or Evolution?....Pages 221-231
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Chemical Evolution of Photosynthesis: Models and Hypotheses....Pages 233-244
Comparative Study of Plant Organism Glutamine Synthetase....Pages 245-262
The Light-Dependent Processes in Fungi: A Possible Approach to Some Problems of Photobiological Evolution....Pages 263-269
The Role of Inorganic Polyphosphates in Chemical and Biological Evolution....Pages 271-287
Sucrose Synthetase and its Physiological Role in the Storage Tissues....Pages 289-299
Amino and Fatty Acids in Carbonaceous Meteorites....Pages 301-309
Isolated Microsystems in Evolution....Pages 311-319
The Search for Remnants of Early Evolution in Present-Day Metabolism....Pages 321-330
Primitive Control of Cellular Metabolism....Pages 331-338
On the Evolution of Macromolecules....Pages 339-354
The Coacervate-In-Coacervate Theory of the Origin of Life....Pages 355-368
Sedimentary Minerals under Reducing Conditions....Pages 369-371
Micelles and Solid Surfaces as Amino Acid Polymerization Propagators....Pages 373-385
Possible Ways of Identifying the Abiogenesis of Biochemically Important Compounds....Pages 387-395
Evolution of Models for Evolution....Pages 397-415
Photosynthesis and Some Problems of Evolution of Biological Systems....Pages 417-425
The Oparin Theory and Some Problems of Evolution of Bioenergetic Systems....Pages 427-433
An Evolutionary Model for Prebiotic Phosphorylation....Pages 435-443
The Role of Shock Waves in the Chemical Evolution of Earth’s Primitive Atmosphere....Pages 445-458
Alexander Ivanovitch Oparin and the Origin of Life: A Recollection and Appreciation....Pages 459-460
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
The Origin and Evolution of Enzyme Catalysis....Pages 461-468
Oparin and the Origin of Life: Cosmological Considerations....Pages 469-471
Back Matter....Pages 473-476