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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Micellar Composition Affects Lipid Accretion Kinetics in Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Support for Lipid Network Reproduction.

Amit Kahana, Doron Lancet, Zoltan Palmai

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amit KahanaDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 761001, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-0365-7820
Doron LancetDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 761001, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-5424-1393
Zoltan PalmaiDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 761001, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-1530-2058
Weizmann Institute of Science · IL

Funding

Minerva Foundation 711473
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mixed lipid micelles were proposed to facilitate life through their documented growth dynamics and catalytic properties. Our previous research predicted that micellar self-reproduction involves catalyzed accretion of lipid molecules by the residing lipids, leading to compositional homeostasis. Here, we employ atomistic Molecular Dynamics simulations, beginning with 54 lipid monomers, tracking an entire course of micellar accretion. This was done to examine the self-assembly of variegated lipid clusters, allowing us to measure entry and exit rates of monomeric lipids into pre-micelles with different compositions and sizes. We observe considerable rate-modifications that depend on the assembly composition and scrutinize the underlying mechanisms as well as the energy contributions. Lastly, we describe the measured potential for compositional homeostasis in our simulated mixed micelles. This affirms the basis for micellar self-reproduction, with implications for the study of the origin of life.

Indexed as

accretion kineticsmixed micellesMolecular Dynamics simulationorigin of life

Identifiers

PMID35888044
PMCPMC9325298
OpenAlexW4283578719

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