ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2017
The Impact of Salts on Single Chain Amphiphile Membranes and Implications for the Location of the Origin of Life.
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- Molecular Crowding Facilitates Ribozyme-Catalyzed RNA Assembly.ACS central science · 2023Article
- Hybrid organic-inorganic structures trigger the formation of primitive cell-like compartments.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- UV Transmission in Natural Waters on Prebiotic Earth.Astrobiology · 2022Article
- Influence of Metal Ions on Model Protoamphiphilic Vesicular Systems: Insights from Laboratory and Analogue Studies.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The Prebiotic Kitchen: A Guide to Composing Prebiotic Soup Recipes to Test Origins of Life Hypotheses.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Heat flows in rock cracks naturally optimize salt compositions for ribozymes.Nature chemistry · 2021Article
- Possible mechanisms of COInterface focus · 2019Article
- Why Nature Chose Potassium.Journal of molecular evolution · 2019Review
- Prebiotic amino acids bind to and stabilize prebiotic fatty acid membranes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019Article
- Ionic Liquid-Based Catanionic Coacervates: Novel Microreactors for Membrane-Free Sequestration of Dyes and Curcumin.ACS omega · 2018Article
- Amphiphilic Compounds Assemble into Membranous Vesicles in Hydrothermal Hot Spring Water but Not in Seawater.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
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Abstract
One of the key steps in the origins of life was the formation of a membrane to separate protocells from their environment. These membranes are proposed to have been formed out of single chain amphiphiles, which are less stable than the dialkyl lipids used to form modern membranes. This lack of stability, specifically for decanoate, is often used to refute ocean locations for the origins of life. This review addresses the formation of membranes in hydrothermal-vent like conditions, as well as other environmental constraints. Specifically, single chain amphiphiles can form membranes at high sea salt concentrations (150 g/L), high temperatures (65 °C), and a wide pH range (2 to 10). It additionally discusses the major challenges and advantages of membrane formation in both ocean and fresh water locations.
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