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Catalytic peptide hydrolysis by mineral surface: Implications for prebiotic chemistry by Marshall-Bowman, Karina, Ohara, Shohei, Sverjensky, Dimitri A., Hazen, Robert M., Cleaves, H. James

“…The abiotic polymerization of amino acids may have been important for the origin of life, as peptides may have been components of the first self-replicating…”
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Pressure effects on the abiotic polymerization of glycine by Ohara, Shohei, Kakegawa, Takeshi, Nakazawa, Hiromoto

“…Polymerization experiments were performed using dry glycine under various pressures of 5-100 MPa at 150 degrees C for 1-32 days. The series of experiments was…”
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Selective Phosphonylation of 5′-Adenosine Monophosphate (5′-AMP) via Pyrophosphite [PPi(III)] by Kaye, Karl, Bryant, David E., Marriott, Katie E. R., Ohara, Shohei, Fishwick, Colin W. G., Kee, Terence P.

“…We describe here experiments which demonstrate the selective phospho-transfer from a plausibly prebiotic condensed phosphorus (P) salt, pyrophosphite [H 2 P 2…”
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Effects of Metabolism and Physiology on the Production of Okenone and Bacteriochlorophyll a in Purple Sulfur Bacteria by Smith, Derek, Scott, James, Steele, Andrew, Cody, George, Ohara, Shohei, Fogel, Marilyn

“…Purple sulfur bacteria (PSB) are important photoautotrophs inhabiting chemoclines in euxinic and meromictic lakes. These organisms are the only producers of…”
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