UV-light-driven prebiotic synthesis of iron–sulfur clusters
(2017)
Journal Article
Szostak, J. W., Sasselov, D. D., Sutherland, J. D., Mansy, S. S., Bonfio, C., Valer, L., Scintilla, S., Shah, S., Evans, D. J., Jin, L., Szostak, J., Sasselov, D., Sutherland, J., & Mansy, S. (2017). UV-light-driven prebiotic synthesis of iron–sulfur clusters. Nature Chemistry, 9(12), 1229-1234. https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2817
Iron–sulfur clusters are ancient cofactors that play a fundamental role in metabolism and may have impacted the prebiotic chemistry that led to life. However, it is unclear whether iron–sulfur clusters could have been synthesized on prebiotic Earth.... Read More about UV-light-driven prebiotic synthesis of iron–sulfur clusters.