5e073a2f359cbabb74f88860a2884fda intjoumolsci_a2009v10n3p746.pdf c9e40b6713cf7d3932a0d032bd5482544f4d72ab intjoumolsci_a2009v10n3p746.pdf 6cf0f3ee8f063138d77ad3b18fdb4ddab1235834899f3f3265c830a2ac7a2546 intjoumolsci_a2009v10n3p746.pdf Title: Formation versus Hydrolysis of the Peptide Bond from a Quantum-mechanical Viewpoint: The Role of Mineral Surfaces and Implications for the Origin of Life Subject: The condensation (polymerization by water elimination) of molecular building blocks to yield the first active biopolymers (e.g. of amino acids to form peptides) during primitive Earth is an intriguing question that nowadays still remains open since these processes are thermodynamically disfavoured in highly dilute water solutions. In the present contribution, formation and hydrolysis of glycine oligopeptides occurring on a cluster model of sanidine feldspar (001) surface have been simulated by quantum mechanical methods. Results indicate that the catalytic interplay between Lewis and Brønsted sites both present at the sanidine surface, in cooperation with the London forces acting between the biomolecules and the inorganic surface, plays a crucial role to: i) favour the condensation of glycine to yield oligopeptides as reaction products; ii) inhibit the hydrolysis of the newly formed oligopeptides. Both facts suggest that mineral surfaces may have helped in catalyzing, stabilizing and protecting from hydration the oligopeptides formed in the prebiotic era. Keywords: Peptide bond formation; peptide hydrolysis; catalysis; mineral surfaces; theoretical calculations; prebiotic chemistry Author: Albert Rimola Creator: PScript5.dll Version 5.2.2 Producer: Acrobat Distiller 8.1.0 (Windows) CreationDate: Thu Feb 26 10:55:23 2009 ModDate: Thu Feb 26 09:56:34 2009 Tagged: no UserProperties: no Suspects: no Form: none JavaScript: no Pages: 15 Encrypted: no Page size: 595.22 x 842 pts (A4) Page rot: 0 File size: 666188 bytes Optimized: no PDF version: 1.4 name type encoding emb sub uni object ID ------------------------------------ ----------------- ---------------- --- --- --- --------- TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT TrueType WinAnsi no no no 472 0 TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT TrueType WinAnsi no no no 473 0 GPBJKM+TimesNewRomanPSMT TrueType WinAnsi yes yes no 474 0 GPBKAL+SymbolMT CID TrueType Identity-H yes yes yes 374 0 Arial-BoldMT TrueType WinAnsi no no no 376 0 GPCKLH+Wingdings-Regular CID TrueType Identity-H yes yes no 407 0 Arial-BoldItalicMT TrueType WinAnsi no no no 417 0 GPBJKL+TimesNewRomanPSMT CID TrueType Identity-H yes yes yes 456 0 Jhove (Rel. 1.6, 2011-01-04) Date: 2017-03-29 11:28:58 CEST RepresentationInformation: intjoumolsci_a2009v10n3p746.pdf ReportingModule: PDF-hul, Rel. 1.8 (2009-05-22) LastModified: 2016-12-07 10:55:58 CET Size: 666188 Format: PDF Version: 1.4 Status: Well-Formed and valid SignatureMatches: PDF-hul MIMEtype: application/pdf PDFMetadata: Objects: 492 FreeObjects: 1 IncrementalUpdates: 4 DocumentCatalog: PageLayout: OneColumn PageMode: UseThumbs Info: Title: Formation versus Hydrolysis of the Peptide Bond from a Quantum-mechanical Viewpoint: The Role of Mineral Surfaces and Implications for the Origin of Life Author: Albert Rimola Subject: The condensation (polymerization by water elimination) of molecular building blocks to yield the first active biopolymers (e.g. of amino acids to form peptides) during primitive Earth is an intriguing question that nowadays still remains open since these processes are thermodynamically disfavoured in highly dilute water solutions. In the present contribution, formation and hydrolysis of glycine oligopeptides occurring on a cluster model of sanidine feldspar (001) surface have been simulated by quantum mechanical methods. Results indicate that the catalytic interplay between Lewis and Brønsted sites both present at the sanidine surface, in cooperation with the London forces acting between the biomolecules and the inorganic surface, plays a crucial role to: i) favour the condensation of glycine to yield oligopeptides as reaction products; ii) inhibit the hydrolysis of the newly formed oligopeptides. Both facts suggest that mineral surfaces may have helped in catalyzing, stabilizing and protecting from hydration the oligopeptides formed in the prebiotic era. 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Registry: Adobe Registry: Identity Supplement: 0 FontDescriptor: FontName: GPBJKL+TimesNewRomanPSMT Flags: Serif, Symbolic FontBBox: -568, -307, 2000, 1007 FontFile2: true Font: BaseFont: GPBKAL+SymbolMT CIDSystemInfo: Registry: Adobe Registry: Identity Supplement: 0 FontDescriptor: FontName: GPBKAL+SymbolMT Flags: Symbolic FontBBox: 0, -220, 1113, 1005 FontFile2: true XMP: 2009-02-26T10:55:23+08:00 PScript5.dll Version 5.2.2 2009-02-26T09:56:34+01:00 2009-02-26T09:56:34+01:00 Acrobat Distiller 8.1.0 (Windows) Peptide bond formation; peptide hydrolysis; catalysis; mineral surfaces; theoretical calculations; prebiotic chemistry application/pdf Albert Rimola Piero Ugliengo Mariona Sodupe Formation versus Hydrolysis of the Peptide Bond from a Quantum-mechanical Viewpoint: The Role of Mineral Surfaces and Implications for the Origin of Life The condensation (polymerization by water elimination) of molecular building blocks to yield the first active biopolymers (e.g. of amino acids to form peptides) during primitive Earth is an intriguing question that nowadays still remains open since these processes are thermodynamically disfavoured in highly dilute water solutions. In the present contribution, formation and hydrolysis of glycine oligopeptides occurring on a cluster model of sanidine feldspar (001) surface have been simulated by quantum mechanical methods. Results indicate that the catalytic interplay between Lewis and Brønsted sites both present at the sanidine surface, in cooperation with the London forces acting between the biomolecules and the inorganic surface, plays a crucial role to: i) favour the condensation of glycine to yield oligopeptides as reaction products; ii) inhibit the hydrolysis of the newly formed oligopeptides. Both facts suggest that mineral surfaces may have helped in catalyzing, stabilizing and protecting from hydration the oligopeptides formed in the prebiotic era. 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