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Selected Works of Stacy D. Brown
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Prebiotic Transamination
Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere (1997)
  • J. C. Bishop
  • S. D. Cross
  • Stacy D. Cross
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Abstract
Biological amino acids and alpha keto acids directly condense with decarboxylation and transamination to yield product amino acids. This process is closely related to unusual amino acid decarboxylase enzymes in certain microorganisms and may represent a primordial mode of amino acid metabolism.
Keywords
  • Prebiotic,
  • Transamination
Disciplines
Publication Date
January 1, 1997
Citation Information
J. C. Bishop, S. D. Cross and Stacy D. Cross. "Prebiotic Transamination" Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere Vol. 27 Iss. 4 (1997) p. 319 - 324 ISSN: 0169-6149
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/stacy-brown/9/