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蛋白质氨基酸与生命起源前的化学

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Proteinaceous Amino Acids More Readily Form Short Chains that Resemble Modern Proteins Chains

image: Proteinaceous amino acids more readily form short chains that resemble modern proteins chains than non-proteinaceous amino acids. view more 

Credit: Image courtesy of Luke J. Leman.

一项研究发现,被生物整合到蛋白质链中的蛋白质氨基酸比非蛋白质氨基酸更容易形成类似于现代蛋白质的短链,这组作者说,这提示蛋白质氨基酸可能是在地球生命起源时期根据它们相对于非蛋白质氨基酸的固有反应活性优势而被选择出来的。

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