Dynamical Aspects of Information in Copolymerization Processes

TL;DR

This paper explores the dynamic relationship between information encoding and thermodynamics in the stochastic growth of copolymers like DNA and RNA, highlighting fundamental links at the molecular level.

Contribution

It introduces a thermodynamic framework to analyze the dynamical aspects of information in copolymerization processes, bridging molecular information and thermodynamic principles.

Findings

Fundamental links between information and thermodynamics at the molecular scale.

Insights into stochastic growth mechanisms of copolymers.

Implications for understanding biological information processing.

Abstract

Natural supports of information are given by random copolymers such as DNA or RNA where information is coded in the sequence of covalent bonds. At the molecular scale, the stochastic growth of a single copolymer with or without a template proceeds by successive random attachments or detachments of monomers continuously supplied by the surrounding solution. The thermodynamics of copolymerization shows that fundamental links already exist between information and thermodynamics at the molecular scale, which opens new perspectives to understand the dynamical aspects of information in biology.