在水中通过化学选择性aminonitrile合结
Pierre Canavelli1, Saidul Islam1, Matthew W Powner2
1Department of Chemistry, University College London, London, UK.
Nature
|July 12, 2019
概括
研究人员开发了一种新方法, 这种α-aminonitrile结合具有选择性,能够容忍所有20种蛋白质氨基酸,为生命早期的进化提供了洞察力.
科学领域:
- 生物化学
- 生命研究的起源
- 合成化学
背景情况:
- 在化学和生物学中,氨基酸结合的形成至关重要,但水中的α-结合方法有限.
- 生命的进化表明和依赖硫的反应先于基于RNA的蛋白质合成.
- 早期合成的关键,氨基酸形成的强有力的机制仍然未被证明.
研究的目的:
- 在水中开发一种新的化学方法.
- 为了利用前生物的可信分子进行合成.
- 制造一种能耐受所有20种蛋白质氨基酸的结合方法.
主要方法:
- 发展出一种化学选择性α-aminonitrile结合反应.
- 使用硫化,硫酸和化或乙烯.
- 研究了α-aminonitrile反应性,pKa和N-化在绑定中的作用.
主要成果:
- 在水中实现高产量的α-形成.
- 对于α-aminonitrile合的选择性已被证明.
- 对所有20种蛋白质氨基酸残留的耐受性.
- 确定N-化为产品稳定和前体激活的关键因素.
结论:
- 开发的α-aminonitrile结合是一种强大的,与水相容的合成α-的方法.
- 这种方法支持了依赖性结先于RNA依赖性蛋白质合成的假设.
- 在早期的化学进化中,短N-酸被提出为可信的基质.
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