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2. Around 100 proteins need to be present in order for a
single protein to be synthesized. There therefore need to be
proteins for proteins to exist.
3. DNA manufactures the protein-synthesizing en-
zymes. Protein cannot be synthesized without DNA. DNA
is therefore also needed in order for proteins to form.
4. All the organelles in the cell have important tasks in
protein synthesis. In other words, in order for proteins to
form a perfect and fully functioning cell needs to exist to-
gether with all its organelles.
The DNA molecule, which is located in the nucleus of a
cell and which stores genetic information, is a magnificient
databank. If the information coded in DNA were written
down, it would make a giant library consisting of an estimated
900 volumes of encyclopedias consisting of 500 pages each.
A very interesting dilemma emerges at this point: DNA
can replicate itself only with the help of some specialized
proteins (enzymes). However, the synthesis of these en-
zymes can be realized only by the information coded in
DNA. As they both depend on each other, they have to exist
at the same time for replication. This brings the scenario that
life originated by itself to a deadlock. Prof. Leslie Orgel, an
evolutionist of repute from the University of San Diego,
California, confesses this fact in the September 1994 issue of
the Scientific American magazine:
It is extremely improbable that proteins and nucleic
acids, both of which are structurally complex, arose spon-
taneously in the same place at the same time. Yet it also
seems impossible to have one without the other. And so, at first
glance, one might have to conclude that life could never, in fact,
have originated by chemical means. 6

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