Prebiotic Synthesis of Methionine
- 24 November 1972
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 178 (4063) , 859-860
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.178.4063.859
Abstract
Methionine has been shown to be a product of the action of a spark discharge on a simulated primitive earth atmosphere containing CH4, N2, NH3, H2O, and H2S or CH3SH. Acrolein has also been shown to be a product of the discharge and is proposed as an intermediate in the prebiotic synthesis of methionine and of glutamic acid, homocysteine, homoserine, and α,γ-diaminobutyric acid.Keywords
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