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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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-02-01
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| Series: | Life |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/9/1/19 |