Catalysis of Glyceraldehyde Synthesis by Primary or Secondary Amino Acids Under Prebiotic Conditions as a Function of pH

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 43, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 323-329

  Breslow, Ronald ^a   Ramalingam, Vijayakumar ^a   Appayee, Chandrakumar ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aldol; Amino acids; Amplification; Chirality; Earth; Sugars

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; AMINO ACID; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; PH; SUGAR;

AMINO ACID; GLYCERALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PH; STEREOISOMERISM;

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; GLYCERALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84897097258     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-013-9347-0     Document Type: Article

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