How Could Catalytic Activity in Enzyme Proteins Have Evolved from Catalytic

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Essay

How could catalytic activity in enzyme proteins have evolved from catalytic RNA?

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Definitions:

Alternative Goods

Products that serve as substitutes for each other; when the price of one increases, the demand for the other may increase.

Equilibrium Position

In the indifference curve model, the combination of two goods at which a consumer maximizes his or her utility (reaches the highest attainable indifference curve), given a limited amount to spend (a budget constraint).

Economic Resources

The land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurial ability that are used to produce goods and services; the factors of production.

Marginal Costs

The extra expense generated from the production of an additional unit of a product or service.