The Role of Self-Assembled Monolayers of the Purine and Pyrimidine Bases in the Emergence of Life

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Jun 1998

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Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, v. 28, Issue 3, p. 283-310 (1998).

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The experimental evidence for the spontaneous formation and structure determination of two-dimensional monolayers of the purine and pyrimidine bases is examined. The plausibility of such structures forming spontaneously at the solid-liquid interface following their prebiotic synthesis suggests a functional role for them in the emergence of life. It is proposed that prebiotic interactions of enantiomorphic monolayers of mixed base composition with racemic amino acids might be implicated in a simultaneous origin of a primitive genetic coding mechanism and biomolecular homochirality. The interactions of these monolayers with carbohydrates and other derivatives is also discussed.

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