The first peptides: The evolutionary transition between prebiotic amino acids and early proteins

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 531-539

  van der Gulik, Peter ^a   Massar, Serge ^b   Gilis, Dimitri ^b   Buhrman, Harry ^c   Rooman, Marianne ^b  

^a CWI   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Origin of life; Peptide structure and function; Prebiotic peptides; Protein ancestor

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MAGNESIUM ION; PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSALDOLASE;

AMINO ACID; CATALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PREBIOTICS; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 70350567248     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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