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A chemically fueled non-enzymatic bistable network

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  • Indrajit Maity

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
    Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg)

  • Nathaniel Wagner

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

  • Rakesh Mukherjee

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
    Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

  • Dharm Dev

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

  • Enrique Peacock-Lopez

    (Williams College)

  • Rivka Cohen-Luria

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

  • Gonen Ashkenasy

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

Abstract

One of the grand challenges in contemporary systems chemistry research is to mimic life-like functions using simple synthetic molecular networks. This is particularly true for systems that are out of chemical equilibrium and show complex dynamic behaviour, such as multi-stability, oscillations and chaos. We report here on thiodepsipeptide-based non-enzymatic networks propelled by reversible replication processes out of equilibrium, displaying bistability. Accordingly, we present quantitative analyses of the bistable behaviour, featuring a phase transition from the simple equilibration processes taking place in reversible dynamic chemistry into the bistable region. This behaviour is observed only when the system is continuously fueled by a reducing agent that keeps it far from equilibrium, and only when operating within a specifically defined parameter space. We propose that the development of biomimetic bistable systems will pave the way towards the study of more elaborate functions, such as information transfer and signalling.

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  • Indrajit Maity & Nathaniel Wagner & Rakesh Mukherjee & Dharm Dev & Enrique Peacock-Lopez & Rivka Cohen-Luria & Gonen Ashkenasy, 2019. "A chemically fueled non-enzymatic bistable network," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-12645-0
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12645-0
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    1. Dmitrii V. Kriukov & Jurriaan Huskens & Albert S. Y. Wong, 2024. "Exploring the programmability of autocatalytic chemical reaction networks," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-8, December.
    2. Fabian Schnitter & Benedikt Rieß & Christian Jandl & Job Boekhoven, 2022. "Memory, switches, and an OR-port through bistability in chemically fueled crystals," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.

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