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How easy (or not) is it for spontaneous chemical reactions to occur in a living cell, but particularly reactions that are not a result of and between coded molecules?
For example, when we eat food, in the process while the essential molecules are being taken to be integrated into "coded molecules", aren't they constantly looking to interact with other molecules around them? I am not including invading bacteria or viruses, I am mainly thinking monomers, functional groups, lipids, etc.
For example, could some polymers spontaneously form during that time? And then react with some other simple or complex molecules. Or is the organism's environment so "regulated" that something like this could rarely happen?
Any feedback appreciated!
For example, when we eat food, in the process while the essential molecules are being taken to be integrated into "coded molecules", aren't they constantly looking to interact with other molecules around them? I am not including invading bacteria or viruses, I am mainly thinking monomers, functional groups, lipids, etc.
For example, could some polymers spontaneously form during that time? And then react with some other simple or complex molecules. Or is the organism's environment so "regulated" that something like this could rarely happen?
Any feedback appreciated!