Wet-dry cycles enable the parallel origin of canonical and non-canonical nucleosides by continuous synthesis

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-02639-1.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-02639-1.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02639-1" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41467-017-02639-1</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Wet-dry cycles enable the parallel origin of canonical and non-canonical nucleosides by continuous synthesis

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The molecules of life were created by a continuous physicochemical process on an early Earth. In this hadean environment, chemical transformations were driven by fluctuations of the naturally given physical parameters established for example by wet-dry cycles. These conditions might have allowed for the formation of (self)-replicating RNA as the fundamental biopolymer during chemical evolution. The question of how a complex multistep chemical synthesis of RNA building blocks was possible in such an environment remains unanswered. Here we report that geothermal fields could provide the right setup for establishing wet-dry cycles that allow for the synthesis of RNA nucleosides by continuous synthesis. Our model provides both the canonical and many ubiquitous non-canonical purine nucleosides in parallel by simple changes of physical parameters such as temperature, pH and concentration. The data show that modified nucleosides were potentially formed as competitor molecules. They could in this sense be considered as molecular fossils.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Wet-dry cycles enable the parallel origin of canonical and non-canonical nucleosides by continuous synthesis

Popis výsledku anglicky

The molecules of life were created by a continuous physicochemical process on an early Earth. In this hadean environment, chemical transformations were driven by fluctuations of the naturally given physical parameters established for example by wet-dry cycles. These conditions might have allowed for the formation of (self)-replicating RNA as the fundamental biopolymer during chemical evolution. The question of how a complex multistep chemical synthesis of RNA building blocks was possible in such an environment remains unanswered. Here we report that geothermal fields could provide the right setup for establishing wet-dry cycles that allow for the synthesis of RNA nucleosides by continuous synthesis. Our model provides both the canonical and many ubiquitous non-canonical purine nucleosides in parallel by simple changes of physical parameters such as temperature, pH and concentration. The data show that modified nucleosides were potentially formed as competitor molecules. They could in this sense be considered as molecular fossils.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10401 - Organic chemistry

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Nature Communications

ISSN

2041-1723

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

9

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

Jan 11

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

000419947700003

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85040465409