Peptide synthesis at the origin of life
Kamila B. Muchowska, Joseph Moran
Abstract
Small-molecule organocatalysis might have driven the emergence of peptide biochemistry
Topics & Concepts
PeptideOrganocatalysisChemistryAbiogenesisBiochemistryComputational biologyCombinatorial chemistryStereochemistryBiologyCatalysisEnantioselective synthesisAstrobiologyOrigins and Evolution of Life