[Rockhounds] Possible Prebiotic Simple Protein Catalyst Identified

[Paul]

Scientists identify protein that may have existed when life began
The primordial peptide may have appeared 4 billion years ago
Rutgers University, August 30, 2018
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180830180101.htm

“The Primordial Protein” Could have Emerged Spontaneously
on Earth–Scientists Close in on How Life Began, Daily Galaxy
https://dailygalaxy.com/2018/08/the-primordial-protein-could-have-emerged-spontaneously-on-earth-scientists-close-in-on-how-life-began/

J. Dongun Kim, Douglas H. Pike, Alexei M. Tyryshkin, G. V. T.
Swapna, Hagai Raanan, Gaetano T. Montelione, Vikas Nanda,
Paul G. Falkowski. Minimal Heterochiral de Novo Designed
4Fe–4S Binding Peptide Capable of Robust Electron Transfer.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018; DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b07553
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.8b07553
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30141918

Yours,

Paul H.