Tag: hydrolysis

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post

Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
April 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, acyl transfer, aldehydes, alphabet, amino acids, anhydrides, atoms, biosynthetic cost, codons, cyclisation, decomposition, DNA replication, esters, Francis Crick, hydrolysis, hydrophobicity, ketones, nitriles, polypeptides, protein core, proteins, purposeful selection, racemisation, side chains, solubility, stability, surface, teleology, The FEBS Journal, tRNAs}

The Set of Amino Acids Used in Life Is No “Frozen Accident”

_{Jonathan McLatchie
April 28, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

Significantly, these data indicate that the space of usable amino acids is severely constrained. Read More ›

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post

Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 13, 2026

Categories
Chemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, building blocks, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, chemical evolution, decomposition, Edward Peltzer, homochirality, hydrolysis, ID the Future, James Tour, meteorites, organic chemistry, origin of life, origin-of-life research, racemic mixtures, tar}

Expert: Without Intelligence, Organic Chemistry Leads to Degradation, Not Life

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 13, 2026

Chemistry, Origin of Life

2}

While amino acids can be produced in experiments or found on meteorites, they are often consumed by side reactions that create non-living tar. Read More ›

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Author
Jared Cochran

Date
October 7, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP, biopolymers, enzymes, evolution, hydrolysis, intelligent design, microtubules, molecular machines, molecular motors, motors}

Kinesins: Nanoscale Molecular Motors, Each Built for a Purpose

_{Jared Cochran
October 7, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

We have only skimmed the surface over the past four decades since the first kinesin motor was discovered in 1985. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
June 17, 2020

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, cell phone, evolutionists, geometry, hydrolysis, intelligent design, methodological naturalism, National Academy of Sciences, Naturalistic Parabola, On the Origin of Species, paradigm, proteins, San Francisco, Sisyphus, Thomas Kuhn}

Trapped in the Naturalistic Parabola

_{Paul Nelson
June 17, 2020

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

7}

You may have noticed a strange loop which arises spontaneously in many sectors of the intelligent design debate. Read More ›

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post

Date
May 21, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, adenosine triphosphate, amino-acid sequences, ATP synthase, Douglas Axe, eukaryotic cells, hydrolysis, intelligent design, intrinsically disordered proteins, Irreducible Complexity, John E. Walker, mitochondria, molecular motor, Nobel Prize, PNAS, polypeptides, proteins, rotary engine, sequence hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Undeniable (book)}

Orderly Disorder: A Molecular Motor Regulated by IDP

_{Science & Culture
May 21, 2019

Intelligent Design

7}

Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are common in cells. Can a disordered protein regulate a molecular motor? Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
October 16, 2017

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, adenine, atmosphere, cytosine, dehydration, guanine, hydrolysis, meteorites, Miller-Urey experiment, nucleobases, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ribose, RNA, Signature in the Cell, sugars, thymine, uracil, UV radiation}

An Extraterrestrial Spin on the RNA World

_{Stephen C. Meyer
October 16, 2017

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

7}

The authors argue that RNA molecules appeared in warm little ponds more than 4.17 billion years ago, transported by “meteorites and interplanetary dust particles." Read More ›