Discovery of New Synthetic Routes of Amino Acids in Prebiotic Chemistry.

ABSTRACT: The origin of life on Earth remains one of the most perplexing challenges in biochemistry. While numerous bottom-up experiments under prebiotic conditions have provided valuable insights into the spontaneous chemical genesis of life, there remains a significant gap in the theoretical understanding of the complex reaction processes involved. In this study, we propose a novel approach using a roto-translationally invariant potential (RTIP) formulated with pristine Cartesian coordinates to facilitate the simulation of chemical reactions. By employing RTIP pathway sampling to explore the reactivity of primitive molecules, we identified several low-energy reaction mechanisms, such as two-hydrogen-transfer hydrogenation and HCOOH-catalyzed hydration and amination. This led to the construction of

SUBMITTER: Li XT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11672127 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature