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Oligopeptides synthesized from glycine and alanine in the flow reactor simulating hydrothermal circulation of seawater through hot vents in the ocean on the primitive earth demonstrated that the activity of dissecting the peptide bond of glycylalanine coincided with the buildup of those oligomers of alanylalanine, alanylgylcine, alanylalanylalanine, alanylalanylalanylalanine. Hydrothermal environments can provide oligopeptides with both the capacities of integration and disintegration. Such a coexistence of both the capacities comes to enhance the specificity of oligomers to be synthesized in hydrothermal environments.
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Matsuno, K. (2001). Catalytic Capability of Oligopeptides in the Interface Chemistry in Hydrothermal Environments. In: Chela-Flores, J., Owen, T., Raulin, F. (eds) First Steps in the Origin of Life in the Universe. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1017-7_35
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