Dynamics of the osmotic lysis of mineral protocells and its avoidance at the origins of life

• DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12611
• Publication Date: 2024-07-18T04:08:08Z
• Authors: Yang Ding; Silvana S. S. Car...; Julyan H. E. Cart...
• Keywords: Protocell; Osmosis

The osmotic rupture of a cell, its lysis or cytolysis, is phenomenon that active biological cell volume regulation mechanisms have evolved in the membrane to avoid. How then, at origin life, did first protocells survive prior such processes? pores alkaline hydrothermal vents oceans form natural nanoreactors which osmosis across mineral plays fundamental role. Here, we discuss dynamics and avoidance an abiotic system without any mechanisms, reliant upon self-organized behaviour, similar membranes within complex chemistry may begun evolve into metabolism. We show could function as exploding because their large regime parameter space where does not occur homeostasis possible. beginnings Darwinian evolution proto-biochemistry must involved survival remained safe regime.