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Physicochemical Principles | |
Introduction | p. 3 |
Formation of Primordial Bioorganic Molecules | p. 7 |
Hidden Aspects of Chirality | p. 9 |
Asymmetric UV Photolysis of a Racemic Amino Acid | p. 10 |
Occurrences of a-Methyl Amino Acids in Meteorites | p. 11 |
Partial Transfer of Enantiomeric Excess of a-Alkyl Amino Acids to Standard Amino Acids | p. 13 |
Amplification of Enantiomeric Concentrations Without Catalysis | p. 13 |
Thermodynamic Control of Asymmetric Amplification in Amino Acid Catalysis | p. 13 |
Asymmetric Organocatalysis: Special Importance of Chiral Proline | p. 14 |
Amplification of Ribonucleosides | p. 15 |
The Soai Reaction | p. 16 |
Spontaneous Formation of Chiral Crystals of Cytosine During Mechanical Stirring | p. 18 |
The Butlerov or Formose Reaction | p. 19 |
Conclusions from the Aspects of Chirality | p. 20 |
RNAs and Their Constituents | p. 23 |
Nucleobases | p. 23 |
Carbohydrates | p. 23 |
Phosphodiester | p. 24 |
ClassesofRNA | p. 25 |
Transfer RNA | p. 25 |
RibosomalRNA | p. 26 |
Messenger RNA | p. 26 |
Micro and Small RNAs | p. 27 |
RNA Modifications | p. 27 |
Proteins and Their Constituents | p. 29 |
Amino Acids | p. 29 |
Posttranslational Modification | p. 32 |
Protein Structural Motifs: a-Helix, ß-Sheet, ß-Turns | p. 32 |
Protein Domains | p. 32 |
Membranes | p. 33 |
Long Chain Fatty Acids Esterified with Phosphoryl Groups: Lipid Bilayer of Bacterial Membranes | p. 33 |
Prenyl Chains Linked to Di-Isoprene Phosphate via Ether Bridges: Lipid Mono- and Bilayers of Archaeal Membranes | p. 83 |
Compounds Required for Life | p. 39 |
Water | p. 39 |
Coenzymes | p. 39 |
Scenarios of Ancient Worlds | |
The RNA World: RNA as a First Genetic System | p. 45 |
Peptide and Protein Worlds | p. 47 |
Combination of Ribozymes with Peptides: The Evolving RNA Peptide World | p. 49 |
The Precellular World of Viruses | p. 53 |
Combinations of Different Worlds | p. 55 |
The Iron Sulfide World of Protometabolism | p. 57 |
The Evolution of the Genetic Code | p. 61 |
References | p. 63 |
Subject Index | p. 65 |
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