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→Claims of "Self-Replicating" Chemicals: WIthout living things?
Glucose does require life to make it outside of the lab, that we know of. RNA does occur naturally as well as RNA replicase, both molecules are not and should not be considered life (some prions are nothing more than a small strand of RNA with replicase or reverse transcriptase contained in a glob of lipids, would not be considered a protocell). DNA does occur outside of the cell as well, if the conditions are right (very rare), and is much more stable than RNA. However, it is a huge leap from these molecules to life. The whole reason why self replication and self formation of these molecules is possible is that the sum has a more stable energy state than the parts. When the parts of these molecules are found in solution at a neutral pH they react (due to the [[zwitterion]]ic forms of the bases). The chemistry involved for this is not difficult, if you would like I can go into further detail.--[[User:Able806|Able806]] 19:58, 14 January 2009 (EST)
Glucose does require life to make it outside of the lab, that we know of. RNA does occur naturally as well as RNA replicase, both molecules are not and should not be considered life (some prions are nothing more than a small strand of RNA with replicase or reverse transcriptase contained in a glob of lipids, would not be considered a protocell). DNA does occur outside of the cell as well, if the conditions are right (very rare), and is much more stable than RNA. However, it is a huge leap from these molecules to life. The whole reason why self replication and self formation of these molecules is possible is that the sum has a more stable energy state than the parts. When the parts of these molecules are found in solution at a neutral pH they react (due to the [[zwitterion]]ic forms of the bases). The chemistry involved for this is not difficult, if you would like I can go into further detail.--[[User:Able806|Able806]] 19:58, 14 January 2009 (EST)
: I know that RNA (and RNA replicase) are not life; my point was that they require living things to make them. You say that they occur naturally—do you mean in the absence of living things or other RNA? If so, can you please provide evidence of that? [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 20:45, 14 January 2009 (EST)