"Life without phosphate – mystery solved?" Topic
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| Tango01 | 02 Mar 2017 10:01 p.m. PST |
"Scientists in Boston may have solved a longstanding mystery – how early life developed on an Earth where phosphate, a chemical so vital to a vast range of biological processes today, was unavailable.
Their work has led to an intriguing question – could an ancient sulfur-based metabolism have formed a key stepping stone towards life as we know it today?
Phosphate is essential to all modern life forms. From providing the backbone in DNA, to driving the cell's energy currency in the form of the nucleotide adenosine triphosphate (ATP), phosphate is a key biological building block. The chemical is so heavily involved in metabolism, the chemical reactions of life, that it is difficult to imagine life existing without it…"
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| Great War Ace | 03 Mar 2017 8:28 a.m. PST |
The things eggheads think about are legion. Thanks for reminding me that my brain is channeling the daily concerns of a mental pygmy…………… |
| Tango01 | 03 Mar 2017 10:07 p.m. PST |
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| Bowman | 05 Mar 2017 7:16 a.m. PST |
How about from pyrophosphites which come from iron rich meteorites? These are used when artificial DNA is manufactured in the lab. Not new research. link |
| Tango01 | 05 Mar 2017 3:45 p.m. PST |
Thanks!
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