Synthesis of Amino Acid Residues with Reactive Side Chains Under Simple Conditions
- 9 December 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 154 (3754) , 1344-1346
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.154.3754.1344
Abstract
The side chains of amino acid residues can be converted from nonreactive to reactive species. Under the influence of electrical discharge, alanine is converted to aspartic acid in the presence of CO2, for example. The possible implications of these findings to events taking place on primitive Earth are discussed.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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