Chemical evolution from simple inorganic compounds to chiral peptides
2012; Royal Society of Chemistry; Volume: 41; Issue: 16 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1039/c2cs35073d
ISSN1460-4744
AutoresThomas Jakschitz, Bernd M. Rode,
Tópico(s)Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
ResumoNumerous experiments performed in the past 50 years have strongly changed ideas of how life could have emerged on the primitive Earth. This review deals with the synthesis of biomolecule precursors under the conditions prevailing on the primordial Earth, and describes possible scenarios for their combination and elongation to form peptides and proteins. Furthermore it proposes different answers to one of the big secrets of nature: why DNA-coded biohomochiral life emerged using amino acids in their L-form?
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