"Surprisingly, similar proteins exist naturally here..."
"Ahem." Xiang Shan suddenly reminded.
"Other places on this earth." Yawgmoth held his head: "Other places actually exist. It's incredible."
He was so excited that he couldn't help but wave his hands in the air a few times.
Zhu Xinyu's mouth twitched a few times: "What's wrong with this person?"
"When he gets excited, he wants to dance." Xiang Shan whispered, "This man is quite sultry."
Nya Guti stared at Yawgmoth, and nodded after a few seconds: "It really looks like this? Are you helping the military? Or what? Researching some confidential projects? Do you think something like this won't happen?
Exist elsewhere on Earth?"
She hesitated for a moment: "It shouldn't be... weapons-related research, right? Although with your personality, it shouldn't be this kind of thing..."
When the words "biologist" are associated with "confidential" and "military", most people can easily think of something bad.
"I'm not an idiot. I won't do something that is very costly to all mankind and may lead to the destruction of all of us." Yawgmoth's expression was extremely excited: "The key, this is the 'key'...
…It exists on Earth!”
Niyaguti was confused when she heard this: "So... is it some newly discovered strange creature? Did you think that the samples only existed in places where you can see them?" After she thought for a moment, she said: "Could it be that some microorganisms have evolved into something like this?
The ability to survive near spent fuel?”
For this reason, she can be reminded of the "military" or something like that.
Yawgmoth opened his mouth to speak, but Xiangshan interrupted again.
"This is the confidential content." Yawgmoth said: "I can't tell you the origin of that thing. But I think that things with similar structures should be widely present in the universe... Any two elements of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
Take common compounds, add energy, and certain conditions—and the final product should be..."
Yawgmoth was a little incoherent at this moment.
Xiangshan closed his eyes and began to think.
The robot that comes with Ogun will search for carbon, hydrogen and oxygen compounds on the surface of the planet, perhaps through optics, or perhaps through something else.
Methane of carbon and hydrogen, water of hydrogen and oxygen, carbon dioxide of carbon and oxygen, as well as hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon-containing minerals are all the most common substances in this universe. Just look for these substances within the "habitable zone"
A common form, perhaps a simple machine can also complete it.
The alien instrument that was forcibly restarted created new industrial machinery. These machines output the simplest long-chain compounds through chemical means. Then, these simple compounds were sent into the special crystal-like container.
, perform more complex reactions.
However, for a long time, humans have not been sure whether the working method of the instrument after restarting it is the same as the aliens originally set it.
Nia Gudi was completely confused. But she knew Yawgmoth's nature, so she turned her attention to Xiang Shan and Zhu Xinyu: "What is he studying? A synthetic substance?"
"On the contrary, I admire you for being able to hear such a meaning from such confusing words." Xiang Shan marveled, and then asked: "Ms. Niyaguti, can you introduce the project you are researching? This is it, with Yogmo
The content of my husband’s research is very similar? Is it from hydrothermal organisms on the seabed?”
Niaguti nodded: "I have been tracking hydrothermal creatures for a long time."
In the past, humans believed that only a few low-energy microorganisms could survive on the seafloor where sunlight could not reach. It was not until 1977 that the "Alvin" deep submersible discovered active hydrothermal vents and hydrothermal vents on the seafloor of the Galapagos in the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
Rich hydrothermal biota.
That is the sea area where Xiangshan and the others are now.
This is the place where humans first encountered hydrothermal organisms - in this place where humans first understood "evolution", humans once again encountered the magical power of evolution.
Blood-red tube-dwelling worms, bivalve clams and mussels from the phylum Mollusca, as well as decapoda shrimps and crabs—these are all common hydrothermal organisms.
These organisms are homologous to worms, clams, mussels, shrimps, and crabs from the outside world. They should be the result of the accidental symbiosis between outside organisms and chemoautotrophic bacteria.
The hot hydrothermal fluids brought by the vents of submarine volcanoes contain a large amount of metals, sulfur and other substances. The hydrothermal fluids collide with the cold sea water. In this fierce intersection of yin and yang, the hydrothermal fluids with a huge difference in pH and seawater,
It undergoes an oxidation-reduction reaction with seawater and is used by some archaea...
The chemical energy synthesis process of chemoautotrophic bacteria replaces sunlight here.
And inside a certain archaea, there is a...
An enzyme not too far removed from Ogun's final product.
This is undoubtedly a breakthrough.
The dozens of enzymes synthesized by Ogun, when mixed in specific proportions, can form a system that can cycle repeatedly and run endlessly under specific circumstances.
This is the "power" of "life".
What is the minimum number of enzymes needed to interweave numerous reaction chains into a complex network and form a system that can operate forever?
It's not certain yet. But for the simplest organisms, perhaps a dozen species are enough.
It may even be simpler than humans imagine.
The chemical machine composed of this set of enzymes can make the nucleic acid carrying information replicate itself...
Just like the Ogun spaceship.
Now, Yawgmoth discovered a miracle.
Certain archaea on Earth, whose life systems have completely different evolutionary paths from those of eukaryotes, seem to contain several... enzymes whose chemical properties are very close to those of Ogun products.
It cannot be said that they are exactly the same, but the conformation diagrams of these two enzymes are almost misunderstood by biologists of Niyaguti's level! They can basically play almost the same role in most situations.
If you figure this out...
Maybe it will be of great help in solving Ogun's mystery!
Xiangshan immediately said: "Ms. Nyagudi, your discovery is very meaningful. This accidental discovery may rewrite the history of biology. Although due to confidentiality regulations, we cannot disclose the content of Yawgmoth's research to you now.
.But...are you interested in joining us?"
"to join you guys?"
"Join us, and we can reveal the content of our research to you." Xiangshan said earnestly: "I believe this guy Yawgmoth will be extremely happy."
Nia Gudi thought for a moment, then shook her head: "I am very interested in your research, but..."
