Prebiotic peptide-formation in the solid state
- 1 September 1975
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Molecular Evolution
- Vol. 6 (3) , 185-197
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01732355
Abstract
The reactions of glycine with inorganic polyphosphates in the solid state have been studied. The formation of peptides up to the decamer occurs at moderate temperatures (r.t.−100°C) in the presence of imidazole and magnesium chloride. If adenosine 5′-monophosphate is added to the reaction mixture, 2′(3′)-O-glycyl adenosine 5′-monophosphate is also obtained. These reactions could have occurred on the primitive earth.Keywords
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