| Literature DB >> 15281806 |
Jean-Philippe Biron1, Robert Pascal.
Abstract
The hydrolysis of valine N-carboxyanhydride (NCA) in aqueous phosphate buffers was shown to proceed through nucleophilic catalysis via an aminoacyl phosphate intermediate that displays phosphorylating capabilities through a potentially prebiotic process that simulates modern biochemical metabolic pathways.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID： 15281806 DOI： 10.1021/ja048189s
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN： 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419