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The origin of life. A cybernetic and informational process

Der ursprung des lebens, ein kybernetischer prozess

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According to the model presented in this paper, the beginning of life was marked by the coupling of two complementary nucleotide bases: adenine and thymine. The adenine-thymine system received photons from the sun and stored their energy in the form of a chemical high-energy bond between two phosphoric acid molecules, which were before-hand fixed by adenine from the aqueous environment. The energy of the high-energy bond was then delivered in the form of two waves of electronic excitation. These were utilized to synthesize new molecules, starting from the carbonic acid and ammonia molecules, fixed from the aqueous environment by the polar groups of the nucleotide bases. In this way, a nucleotides-histone protosystem (NHPS) was self-synthesized, evolving step by step towards complexity, by means of some internal cybernetic and informational mechanisms. During its evolution, the NHPS synthesized a limiting membrane, produced the organizing elements of the cellular organelles (chloroplastes, mitochondria, ribosomes etc.) and constructed microtubules and microfilaments. Subsequently, the NHPS evolved to the building of DNA-histone system and formed the cellular nucleus.

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Gemäss unserem Modell, zeigte sich der Beginn des Lebens durch die Zusammenfugung von zwei sich erganzenden Nukleotidbasen, Adenine und Thymin,an.

Die Verbindung, Adenin-Thymin, fing die Energie der Sonnen-photonen ein und lagerte sie in der Form einer makroenergischen Verbindung von zwei Phosphorsäuremolekulen, die durch Adenin aus dem umgebenden wässrigen Medium fixiert waren. Die Energie der chemischen hochenergetischen Verbindung der Phosphorsäure wurde dann in Form von zwei Wellen von elektronischer Reizung freigesetzt. Diese elektronischen Reizungswellen dienten zur Synthese von Molekülen, deren Vorläufer aus dem umgebenden wässrigen Medium durch polare Gruppierungen der ergänzenden nukleotiden Basen fixiert waren.

Unserem Modell gemäss, hat sich ein Nukleotid-Histone Protosystem (NHPS) seblst synthetisiert und entwickelte sich Schritt für Schritt in der Richtung einer Komplexität, durch Einschaltung von kybernetisch-informativen Mechanismen.

NHPS hat in seine Entwicklung eine begrenzende äussere Membrane synthetisiert, hat organisatorische Elemente der Zellbestandteile gebildet (Chloroplaste, Mitochondrien, Ribosome) und entwickelte ein System von Mikrotubulen, Mikrofasern, usw. Später entwickelte NHPS sich zum Aufbau des Systems der DNS-Histone über and formte schliesslich den Zellkern.

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Portelli, C. The origin of life. A cybernetic and informational process. Acta Biotheor 28, 19–47 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00054678

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