NADH-mediated primordial synthesis of amino acids
Noemí Nogal, Javier Luis‐Barrera, Sonia Vela, Fernando Aguilar‐Galindo, Andrés de la Escosura
Abstract
Amino acid formation by hydride transfer from NADH without the need for enzymes connects prebiotic chemistry with the metabolic pathways that presumably led to these biomolecules in the first autotrophic protocells.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryAmino acidStereochemistryBiochemistryOrigins and Evolution of LifePhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchChemical Reactions and Isotopes