autocatalytic
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- /ˌɔːtoʊˈkætəˌlɪtɪk/
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autocatalítico
- In an autocatalytic reaction, the product generated acts as a catalyst for further reactions.
- autocatalytic set
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To describe a simple autocatalytic set even more simply, molecule A would catalyze the formation of molecule B from its components, B would similarly catalyze the formation of molecule C, and then C would catalyze the creation of more A.
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In descent without surplus energy, the positive autocatalytic loop stops working, and more cooperative, efficient system designs win out.
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An example of a theoretical autocatalytic set.
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Kauffman points out that experimentalists have created several examples of simple autocatalytic sets.
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The structure of autocatalytic sets: evolvability, enablement, and emergence.
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The ribozymes then spontaneously formed cooperative catalytic cycles and more complicated versions, called autocatalytic networks.
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In his 2008 book Reinventing the Sacred, Kauffman championed the idea that the rudiments of life were autocatalytic sets of peptides, not RNA.
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The aforementioned reactions are autocatalytic and result in the generation of hydrochloric acid in the occluded area of dissolved MnS inclusions.
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After the discovery of RNA's autocatalytic abilities in 1981, chemists learned that they could evolve catalytic RNAs, called ribozymes, in the laboratory.
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The researchers observed an autocatalytic process where the increase in one substance sped up its own production.
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Causing a chemical reaction to happen faster
How Autocatalytic
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Etymology
Autocatalytic comes from auto- 'self' and catalyst 'something that speeds a reaction'. So an autocatalytic reaction 'helps itself' because its own product acts like a catalyst and makes the reaction go faster as more product forms.