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It is proposed that catalysis by minerals and metal ions had a central role in the steps that led to the origins of life. In particular, the formation of biopolymers in the presence of water requires catalysis to compete with hydrolytic reactions. Catalysi ...
PX4+[Al(OR)4]- (X = I: 1a, X = Br: 1b) was prepd. from X2, PX3, and Ag[Al(OR)4] [R = C(CF3)3] in CH2Cl2 at -30 Deg in 69-86% yield. P2X5+ salts were prepd. from 2PX3 and Ag[Al(OR)4] in CH2Cl2 at -30 Deg yielding almost quant. P2X5+[Al(OR)4]- (X = I: 3a, X ...
A no. of promising synthetic catalysts for the hydrolytic degrdn. of RNA have been developed in recent years. Some of them show remarkable selectivity for pyrimidine nucleotides. The general problem of all these studies is to distinguish between real effec ...
We present optimized reaction conditions for the conversion of 2'-O-{[(triisopropylsilyl)oxy]methyl}(tom) protected uridine and adenosine nucleosides into the corresponding protected (3-15N)-labeled uridine and cytidine and (1-15N)-labeled adenosine and gu ...
Synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) by the F1F0 ATP synthase involves a membrane-embedded rotary engine, the F-0 domain, which drives the extra-membranous catalytic F-1 domain. The F-0 domain consists of subunits a(1)b(2) and a cylindrical rotor asse ...
The reaction of d,l-5'-activated nucleotide of adenosine in the presence and absence of montmorillonite gave 60:40 and 96:4 ratios, resp. of the d,d- and l,l:d,l- and l,d-dimers. [on SciFinder (R)] ...
In this work the authors have shown that stable gigaohm seals over micrometer-sized holes can be obtained in a time-frame of seconds by the electrophoretic self-positioning of charged lipid membranes. For the first time, single-channel events were recorded ...
We report findings of large metal grains (~150 um) with distinct zoning patterns in Ni, Co, Cr, and Si in CH chondrites which are consistent with a condensation origin from a gas of solar composition. ...
Formation of racemic pentose-2,4-bisphosphates is demonstrated, starting from glycolaldehyde phosphate and glyceraldehyde-2-phosphate, and induced by mixed valence double layer metal hydroxide minerals. The reactions proceed from dil. aq. reactant solns. ( ...
The authors compare the enantiomeric cross-inhibition of D- and L-guanosine 5'-phosphoro-2-methyl-imidazole (I) polymn. on C10 (RNA), dC10 (DNA), or hC10 (hexitol nucleic acid) (II). RNA or DNA templates catalyze efficient oligomerization of D-I, with a st ...
