# Experimental demonstration of kinetic proofreading inherited in ligation-based information replication

Source: [Experimental demonstration of kinetic proofreading inherited in ligation-based information replication](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa4a3a1e209131ce93cd26>)

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Data updated: 2025-12-11T05:02:08.227Z

Authors: Hiroyuki Aoyanagi, Yasuhiro Magi, Shoichi Toyabe

Published: 2025-05-13T05:18:24.000Z

## Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate that information replication by templated ligation of DNA strands inherits a kinetic proofreading mechanism and achieves significant error suppression through cascade replication. A simple simulation model derived from the experimental results shows that templated ligation has a significant advantage over replication by polymerization for error suppression of long strands. Specifically, longer chains show lower error rates, significantly distinct from the chain-growth polymerization where errors typically accumulate with chain length. This mechanism provides a plausible route for high-fidelity replication in prebiotic chemistry and illustrates how physical principles such as nonequilibrium kinetics and network architecture can drive reliable molecular information replication. The approach also offers new strategies for error suppression in biotechnology.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.08232>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.08232.pdf>)