Table 1 Correlations between overall catalytic activity and specificity for each ribozyme family (Pearson’s R and Spearman’s ρ; n = 1954, p-values < 10−95 in each case (two-sided)).
From: Emergent properties as by-products of prebiotic evolution of aminoacylation ribozymes
Promiscuity Index | Aromatic Preference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Family | R | ρ | R | ρ |
1A.1 | −0.696 | −0.647 | 0.554 | 0.711 |
1B.1 | −0.839 | −0.502 | 0.738 | 0.477 |
2.1 | −0.535 | −0.888 | 0.452 | 0.911 |
2.2 | −0.538 | −0.866 | 0.445 | 0.865 |
3.1 | −0.814 | −0.462 | 0.749 | 0.513 |
