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Proteins are the runtime on which DNA is executed, because they are the mechanism that "reads" DNA. But proteins are the compiled output of DNA, because they a
by MereInterest 4y ago
Proteins are the runtime on which DNA is executed, because they are the mechanism that "reads" DNA. But proteins are the compiled output of DNA, because they are the result of "reading" DNA. So the DNA defines the runtime environment that is necessary for DNA to run.
- bsedlm 4y agoyes exactly. you've explained this much better than I did
- feet 4y agoRNA actually has a large role to play in going from DNA to protein. Its been suspected that the first life was RNA based because RNA can actually form functional site similar to proteins to do enzymatic reactions. RNA is some of the secret sauce to many of these systems
- MereInterest 4y agoDefinitely true, and my comment was without a doubt extremely oversimplified and wrong in several respects in an attempt to explain the analogy. Thank you for giving the clarification on it.
- hoseja 4y agoPerhaps the ribosome would be the runtime?