Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · View the paper (DOI)
Researchers at Scripps Research Institute find that proteinaceous amino acids react more efficiently, leading to the formation of complex life forms. The study suggests a possible explanation for the selection of positively charged amino acids in proteins.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- A chemical clue to how life started on Earth Scripps Research Institute · Jul 31, 2019 · first to report
- Pre-life building blocks spontaneously align in evolutionary experiment Georgia Institute of Technology · Aug 1, 2019