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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
卷 24, 期 3, 页码 581-584出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705394
关键词
nicotinamide nucleotide; nucleosides; nucleotides; prebiotic synthesis; RNA cofactors
资金
- John Templeton Foundation [54466]
The RNA World hypothesis proposes an early episode of the natural history of Earth, where RNA was used as the only genetically encoded molecule to catalyze steps in its metabolism. This, according to the hypothesis, included RNA catalysts that used RNA cofactors. However, the RNA World hypothesis places special demands on prebiotic chemistry, which must now deliver not only four ribonucleosides, but also must deliver the functional portion of these RNA cofactors. While some (e.g., methionine) present no particular challenges, nicotinamide ribose is special. Essential to its role in biological oxidations and reductions, its glycosidic bond that holds a positively charged heterocycle is especially unstable with respect to cleavage. Nevertheless, we are able to report here a prebiotic synthesis of phosphorylated nicotinamide ribose under conditions that also conveniently lead to the adenosine phosphate components of this and other RNA cofactors.
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