JTW's Evolutionary Origins - Author: Wachtershauser, Gunter
HOME
Reactions Leading from Carbon Monoxide/Dioxide to Oligopeptides
Carboxylic Acids from Carbon Monoxide
- Carbon Monoxide>
[ (Fe,Ni)S, 373 K, 0.2 MPa ] Formic Acid - Carbon Monoxide> [ (Fe,Ni)S, 373 K, 0.2 MPa ]> Acetic Acid
Sulfur-Containing Compounds
- Carbon Monoxide> [ (Fe,Ni)S, 373 K, 0.2 MPa ]> Methyl Thiol
- Carbon Dioxide> [ FeS, 373 K, 0.2 MPa ]> Methyl Thiol
- Methyl Thiol> [ (Fe,Ni)S, 373 K, 0.2 MPa ]> Methyl Thioacetate
Ammonia Containing Compounds
- Formic Acid> [ FeS, 523 K, 200 MPa ]> Pyruvate
- Alpha-Ketoacids> [ (Fe,Ni)S, 373 K, 0.2 MPa ]> Alpha-Amino Acids
- Pyruvate> [ FeS, 373 K, 0.2 MPa ]> Alanine
- Alpha-Ketoglutarate> [ FeS, 373 K, 0.2 MPa ]> Glutamate
- Oxaloacetate> [ FeS, 373 K, 0.2 MPa ]> Asparate
- Amino Acids> [ (Fe,Ni)S, 373 K, 0.2 MPa ]> Peptides
- Wachtershauser, Gunter
- Groundworks for an Evolutionary Biochemistry: The Iron-Sulphur World
- Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology: Vol. 58, No. 2, pp.85-202
- 1992
- [Pubmed]
HOME