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ArticleScientific reports2025

Prebiotic formation of thioesters via cyclic anhydrides as a key step in the emergence of metabolism.

Abdelkarim El Qami, Jorge Isaac Hilari, Véronique Blandin, Oscar Gayraud, Anne Milet, Yannick Vallée

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Abdelkarim El QamiUniv. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, DCM, 38000, Grenoble, France.
Jorge Isaac HilariUniv. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, DCM, 38000, Grenoble, France.
Véronique BlandinUniv. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, DCM, 38000, Grenoble, France. veronique.blandin@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr.
Oscar GayraudUniv. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, DCM, 38000, Grenoble, France.
Anne MiletUniv. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, DCM, 38000, Grenoble, France.
Yannick ValléeUniv. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, DCM, 38000, Grenoble, France. yannick.vallee@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr.

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-15-IDEX-02
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thioesters are high-energy derivatives of carboxylic acids that are essential in the functioning of today's living cells. Their central role argues in favor of their early introduction in the abiotic reaction network which led to the emergence of life on Earth. We propose that the first thioesters appeared during the establishment of the reverse tricarboxylic acid (rTCA) cycle, an effective metabolic cycle for the synthesis of organic molecules from CO

Indexed as

AnhydridesEstersOrigin of LifeSulfhydryl CompoundsCitric AcidCitric Acid CycleAnhydridesCitric AcidEstersSulfhydryl Compounds1,4-dicarboxylic acidsAbiogenesisPrebiotic chemistryProtometabolismrTCA cycleThioesters

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PMID40016351
PMCPMC11868630

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