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Unveiling Pre-Life Sugar Synthesis Mystery miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
<p>Pentoses are essential carbohydrates in the metabolism of modern lifeforms, but their availability on early Earth is unclear since these molecules are unstable. Now, researchers from Japan, the United States and Australia reveal a chemical pathway compatible with early Earth conditions, by which C6 aldonates could have acted as a source of pentoses without the need for enzymes. Their findings provide clues about primitive biochemistry and bring us closer to understanding life's origin.</p>
Surmounting Obstacles to Synthesize Iron-Sulfur Proteins Outside Glovebox miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The genetics of temperature adaptation: how does life thrive in extreme conditions? wattsupwiththat.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wattsupwiththat.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.