Did Homocysteine Take Part in the Start of the Synthesis of Peptides on the Early Earth?
Unlike its shorter analog, cysteine, and its methylated derivative, methionine, homocysteine is not today a proteinogenic amino acid. However, this thiol containing amino acid is capable of forming an activated species intramolecularly. Its thiolactone could have made it an interesting molecular bui...
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MDPI AG
2022-04-01
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Series: | Biomolecules |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/12/4/555 |