Is it possible that life could incorporate arsenic into it’s biochemistry? Is Felisa Wolfe-Simon’s concept of arsenic DNA even possible? This is what we’re going to find out today on Inquerity, we’ll talk about the hypothetical biochemistries surrounding arsenic, and talk a little bit about why or why not this element would be a useful tool in biochemistry.
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Sources:
Wikipedia page about hypothetical biochemistries:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothe...
About Felisa Wolfe-Simon:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felisa_...
About GFAJ-1 bacteria:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFAJ-1
Critique on Felisa Wolfe-Simon’s Research:
https://www.nature.com/news/arsenic-l...
https://slate.com/technology/2010/12/...
About Arsenic:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic
¬- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenat...
https://www.livescience.com/32880-how...
Chemical Composition of DNA:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/dna...
Uses of Arsenic in Biology:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organoa...
ATP:
https://www.shmoop.com/biology-cells/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenosi...
ATP Production:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citric_...