Making Molecules with Clay: Layered Double Hydroxides, Pentopyranose Nucleic Acids and the Origin of Life

Making Molecules with Clay: Layered Double Hydroxides, Pentopyranose Nucleic Acids and the Origin of Life

A mixture of sugar diphosphates is produced in reactions between small aldehyde phosphates catalysed by layered double hydroxide (LDH) clays under plausibly prebiotic conditions. A subset of these, pentose diphosphates, constitute the backbone subunits of nucleic acids capable of base pairing, which...

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Main Author: Harold S. Bernhardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-02-01
Series:Life
Subjects:
origin of life
layered double hydroxide (LDH) clay
pentose diphosphate
pentopyranose nucleic acid
arabinopyranose nucleic acid
RNA
base pairing
purine precursor
inosine
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/9/1/19

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