THE STABILITY OF AMINO-ACIDS AT SUBMARINE HYDROTHERMAL VENT TEMPERATURES

被引:86
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作者
BADA, JL
MILLER, SL
ZHAO, MX
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO,DEPT CHEM,LA JOLLA,CA 92093
[2] UNIV BRISTOL,SCH CHEM,BRISTOL BS8 1TS,AVON,ENGLAND
来源
ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF THE BIOSPHERE | 1995年 / 25卷 / 1-3期
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10.1007/BF01581577
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
It has been postulated that amino acid stability at hydrothermal vent temperatures is controlled by a metastable thermodynamic equilibrium rather than by kinetics. Experiments reported here demonstrate that the amino acids are irreversibly destroyed by heating at 240 degrees C and that quasi-equilibrium calculations give misleading descriptions of the experimental observations. Equilibrium thermodynamic calculations are not applicable to organic compounds under high-temperature submarine vent conditions.
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页码:111 / 118
页数:8
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