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Photoactivated matrices in prebiotic evolution processes

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The processes of abiogenesis of biologically important compounds (amino acids, peptides, pyruvic acid, etc.) under the conditions of adsorption in mineral (titanium dioxide, silica gel) or organic (melanoidin) matrices in the presence of UV radiation were studied. The photophosphorylation of ADP to ATP on clay (montmorillonite) with a yield of 30% and an organic matrix (flavoproteinoid microspheres) with a yield of 40% was examined. It was concluded that one of the factors responsible for the occurrence of the processes of building more complex carbon compounds during the prebiotic evolution period resulted in the origin of life, had been the presence of photoactivated matrices and their coevolution.

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Original Russian Text © T.A. Telegina, M.P. Kolesnikov, Yu.L. Vechtomova, 2010, published in Khimiya Vysokikh Energii, 2010, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 256–261.

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Telegina, T.A., Kolesnikov, M.P. & Vechtomova, Y.L. Photoactivated matrices in prebiotic evolution processes. High Energy Chem 44, 228–233 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0018143910030136

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