Environmental control programs the emergence of distinct functional ensembles from unconstrained chemical reactions

摘要: Many approaches to the origin of life focus on how molecules found in biology might be made absence biological processes, from simplest plausible starting materials. Another approach could view emergence chemistry as process whereby environment effectively directs “primordial soups” toward structure, function, and genetic systems over time. This does not require today initially, leads hypothesis that can direct chemical soups order, eventually living systems. Herein, we show unconstrained condensation reactions steered by changes reaction environment, such order reactant addition, addition salts or minerals. Using omics techniques survey resulting ensembles demonstrate there are distinct, significant, reproducible differences between product mixtures. Furthermore, observe these composition have consequences, manifested clearly different structural functional properties. We simple variations environmental parameters lead differentiation distinct both amino acid mixtures a primordial soup model. synthetic complexity emerging is intractable often suggested, when viewed through chemically agnostic lens. An open generate compositional, structural, diversity fixed sets materials, suggesting occur wider without need for machinery.