Zhang, Stephanie J. published the artcilePotentially Prebiotic Activation Chemistry Compatible with Nonenzymatic RNA Copying, SDS of cas: 123-39-7, the main research area is nonenzymic RNA replication life origin primer extension.
The nonenzymic replication of RNA may have enabled the propagation of genetic information during the origin of life. RNA copying can be initiated in the laboratory with chem. activated nucleotides, but continued copying requires a source of chem. energy for in situ nucleotide activation. Recent work has illuminated a potentially prebiotic cyanosulfidic chem. that activates nucleotides, but its application to nonenzymic RNA copying had not been demonstrated. Here, we report a novel pathway that activates RNA nucleotides in a manner compatible with template-directed nonenzymic copying. We show that this pathway, which we refer to as bridge-forming activation, selectively yields the reactive imidazolium-bridged dinucleotide intermediate required for copying. Our results will enable more realistic simulations of RNA propagation based on continuous in situ nucleotide activation.
Journal of the American Chemical Society published new progress about Life, origin. 123-39-7 belongs to class amides-buliding-blocks, name is N-Methylformamide, and the molecular formula is C2H5NO, SDS of cas: 123-39-7.
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