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Did Homocysteine Take Part in the Start of the Synthesis of Peptides on the Early Earth?

Unlike its shorter analog, cysteine, and its methylated derivative, methionine, homocysteine is not today a proteinogenic amino acid. However, this thiol containing amino acid is capable of forming an activated species intramolecularly. Its thiolactone could have made it an interesting molecular bui...

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Autores principales: Youssef-Saliba, Sparta, Milet, Anne, Vallée, Yannick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9031595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35454145
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom12040555

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