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Prebiotic Synthesis of ATP: A Terrestrial Volcanism-Dependent Pathway
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is a multifunctional small molecule, necessary for all modern Earth life, which must be a component of the last universal common ancestor (LUCA). However, the relatively complex structure of ATP causes doubts about its accessibility on prebiotic Earth. In this paper, bas...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10053121/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36983886 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life13030731 |
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| author | Chu, Xin-Yi Zhang, Hong-Yu |
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| description | Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is a multifunctional small molecule, necessary for all modern Earth life, which must be a component of the last universal common ancestor (LUCA). However, the relatively complex structure of ATP causes doubts about its accessibility on prebiotic Earth. In this paper, based on previous studies on the synthesis of ATP components, a plausible prebiotic pathway yielding this key molecule is constructed, which relies on terrestrial volcanism to provide the required materials and suitable conditions. |
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| spelling | pubmed-100531212023-03-30 Prebiotic Synthesis of ATP: A Terrestrial Volcanism-Dependent Pathway Chu, Xin-Yi Zhang, Hong-Yu Life (Basel) Hypothesis Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is a multifunctional small molecule, necessary for all modern Earth life, which must be a component of the last universal common ancestor (LUCA). However, the relatively complex structure of ATP causes doubts about its accessibility on prebiotic Earth. In this paper, based on previous studies on the synthesis of ATP components, a plausible prebiotic pathway yielding this key molecule is constructed, which relies on terrestrial volcanism to provide the required materials and suitable conditions. MDPI 2023-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10053121/ /pubmed/36983886 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life13030731 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| spellingShingle | Hypothesis Chu, Xin-Yi Zhang, Hong-Yu Prebiotic Synthesis of ATP: A Terrestrial Volcanism-Dependent Pathway |
| title | Prebiotic Synthesis of ATP: A Terrestrial Volcanism-Dependent Pathway |
| title_full | Prebiotic Synthesis of ATP: A Terrestrial Volcanism-Dependent Pathway |
| title_fullStr | Prebiotic Synthesis of ATP: A Terrestrial Volcanism-Dependent Pathway |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prebiotic Synthesis of ATP: A Terrestrial Volcanism-Dependent Pathway |
| title_short | Prebiotic Synthesis of ATP: A Terrestrial Volcanism-Dependent Pathway |
| title_sort | prebiotic synthesis of atp: a terrestrial volcanism-dependent pathway |
| topic | Hypothesis |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10053121/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36983886 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life13030731 |
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