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Transition metals enhance prebiotic depsipeptide oligomerization reactions involving histidine

  • Moran Frenkel-Pinter
  • , Alyssa B. Sargon
  • , Jennifer B. Glass
  • , Nicholas V. Hud
  • , Loren Dean Williams*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Biochemistry exhibits an intense dependence on metals. Here we show that during dry-down reactions, zinc and a few other transition metals increase the yield of long histidine-containing depsipeptides, which contain both ester and amide linkages. Our results suggest that interactions of proto-peptides with metal ions influenced early chemical evolution.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3534-3538
Number of pages5
JournalRSC Advances
Volume11
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Jan 2021
Externally publishedYes

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