The Origin of Life--Out of the Blue.
Either to sustain autotrophy, or as a prelude to heterotrophy, organic synthesis from an environmentally available C1 feedstock molecule is crucial to the origin of life. Recent findings augment key literature results and suggest that hydrogen cyanide--"Blausäure"--was that feedstock.
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QH (UK). johns@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk.
John D
JD
Sutherland
D000596:Amino Acids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D052818:Autotrophic Processes; D052836:Heterotrophic Processes; D006856:Hydrogen Cyanide / Q000737:chemistry*; D008055:Lipids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D000069497:Origin of Life; D012265:Ribonucleotides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
D000596:Amino Acids; D008055:Lipids; D012265:Ribonucleotides; D006856:Hydrogen Cyanide
amino acids; hydrogen cyanide; prebiotic chemistry; ribonucleotides; systems chemistry