Metalloproteins and the Pyrite-based Origin of Life: A Critical Assessment

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 347-356

  Rivas, Mario ^a   Becerra, Arturo ^a   Peretó, Juli ^b   Bada, Jeffrey L ^c   Lazcano, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases; FeS clusters; FeS protein folds; Pyrite dependent primordial autotrophy; Reverse Krebs cycle

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; DIVALENT CATION; IRON; METALLOPROTEIN; PYRITE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SULFIDE; ZINC; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; AUTOTROPHY; CHEMICAL BONDING; EARLY EARTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOME; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN; PYRITE; RNA; THERMOPHILY; TRANSITION ELEMENT; VOLCANISM;

ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOGENESIS; COENZYME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHANOCOCCALES;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; BIOGENESIS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; COENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; IRON; METALLOPROTEINS; METHANOCOCCALES; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SULFIDES; ZINC; ZINC FINGERS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79960194074     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-011-9238-1     Document Type: Article

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