ReviewOpen biology2023
Prebiotic chemistry: a review of nucleoside phosphorylation and polymerization.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Concurrent Phosphite Oxidation and Adenosine Phosphorylation Under Prebiotic Evaporative Conditions.Journal of molecular evolution · 2026Article
- The Origin of Life and Cellular Systems: A Continuum from Prebiotic Chemistry to Biodiversity.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Thermal Decomposition and Prebiotic Formation of Adenosine Phosphates in Simulated Early-Earth Evaporative Settings.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- On the Origin of Information Dynamics in Early Life.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- On the aqueous origins of the condensation polymers of life.Nature reviews. Chemistry · 2024Review
- On the potential roles of phosphorus in the early evolution of energy metabolism.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Review
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Abstract
The phosphorylation of nucleosides and their polymerization are crucial issues concerning the origin of life. The question of how these plausible chemical processes took place in the prebiotic Earth is still perplexing, despite several studies that have attempted to explain these prebiotic processes. The purpose of this article is to review these chemical reactions with respect to chemical evolution in the primeval Earth. Meanwhile, from our perspective, the chiral properties and selection of biomolecules should be considered in the prebiotic chemical origin of life, which may contribute to further research in this field to some extent.
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