Prebiotic formation of amino acids in a neutral atmosphere by electric discharge

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1886-1888

  Plankensteiner, Kristof ^a   Reiner, Hannes ^a   Schranz, Benjamin ^b   Rode, Bernd Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b HTL Innsbruck   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Copper; Oxidation; Prebiotic chemistry; Redox chemistry

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; GEOCHEMISTRY;

NEUTRAL ATMOSPHERE; PEPTIDES;

PROTEINS;

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; WATER;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRICITY; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 3242815603     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200353135     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. S. L. Miller, Science 1953, 117, 528-529.
2. J. B. S. Haldane, Science and Human Life, Harper Bros., New York, 1933.
3. H. D. Holland, The Chemistry of the Atmosphere and Oceans, Wiley, New York, 1978.
4. J. F. Kasting, T. P. Ackerman, Science 1986, 234, 1383-1385.
5. B. M. Rode, Peptides 1999, 20, 773-786.
6. C. Huber, G. Wächtershäuser, Science 1997, 276, 245-247.
7. C. Huber, G. Wächtershäuser, Science 1998, 281, 670-672.
8. S. Miyakawa, H. Yamanashi, K. Kobayashi, H. J. Cleaves, S. L. Miller, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2002, 99, 14628-14631.
9. A. Bar-Nun, N. Bar-Nun, S. H. Bauer, C. Sagan, Science 1970, 168, 470-473.
10. K. Harada, S. W. Fox, Nature 1964, 201, 335-336.
11. J. G. Lawless, C. G. Boynton, Nature 1973, 243, 405-407.
12. C. Sagan, B. N. Khare, Science 1971, 173, 417-420.
13. J. Oró, J. Br. Interplanet. Soc. 1968, 21, 12-25.
14. D. Yoshino, R. Hayatsu, E. Anders, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1971, 35, 927-938.
15. K. Bahadur, S. Ranganayaki, L. Santamaria, Nature 1958, 182, 1668.
16. K. Kobayashi, M. Tsuchiya, T. Oshima, H. Yanagawa, Origins Life Evol. Biosphere 1990, 20, 99-109.
17. S. W. Fox, K. Dose, Molecular Evolution and the Origin of Life, Freeman, San Francisco, 1972.
18. G. Schlesinger, S. L. Miller, J. Mol. Evol. 1983, 19, 376-382.
19. J. S. Levine, T. R. Augustsson, M. Natarajan, Origins Life 1982, 12, 245-259.
20. J. F. Kasting, Science 1993, 259, 920-926.
21. J. W. Delano, Origins Life Evol. Biosphere 2001, 31, 311-341.
22. J. C. G. Walker, Origins Life Evol. Biosphere 1985, 16, 117-127.
23. J. H. Carver, Nature 1981, 292, 136-138.
24. J. F. Kasting, Origins Life 1984, 14, 75-82.
25. K. M. Towe, Precambrian Res. 1983, 20, 161-170.
26. S. A. Cohen, D. P. Michaud, Anal. Biochem. 1993, 211, 279-287.
27. E. Ochiai, Origins Life 1978, 9, 81-91.
28. H. J. Hofmann, K. Grey, A. H. Hickinan, R. I. Thorpe, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 1999, 111, 1256-1262.
29. A. P. Nutman, V. R. McGregor, C. R. L. Friend, V. C. Bennett, P. D. Kinny, Precambrian Res. 1996, 76, 1-39.
30. S. Moorbath, R. K. O'Nions, R. J. Pankhurst, Nature 1973, 245, 138-139.
31. A. Müller, N. H. Schladerbeck, Naturwissenschaften 1986, 73, 669-670.