Uracil in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu

Y Oba, T Koga, Y Takano, NO Ogawa… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The pristine sample from the near-Earth carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu collected
by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft enabled us to analyze the pristine extraterrestrial material …

[HTML][HTML] The mammalian purine salvage pathway as an exploitable route for cerebral bioenergetic support after brain injury

P Gessner, J Lum, BG Frenguelli - Neuropharmacology, 2023 - Elsevier
Purine-based molecules play ancient, fundamental, and evolutionarily-conserved roles
across life on Earth, ranging from DNA and RNA, to the universal energy currency, ATP. In …

Organic matter in the Asteroid Ryugu: what we know so far

C Potiszil, M Yamanaka, C Sakaguchi, T Ota… - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Organic matter is an integral part of all living things on our planet, but
abiotic (not relating to life) organic matter can be found throughout the Solar System within …

Primordial aqueous alteration recorded in water-soluble organic molecules from the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu

Y Takano, H Naraoka, JP Dworkin, T Koga… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
We report primordial aqueous alteration signatures in water-soluble organic molecules from
the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft of JAXA. Newly …

Metal ions turn on a stereoselective nonenzymatic reduction of keto acids by the coenzyme NADH

RJ Mayer, J Moran - Chem, 2024 - cell.com
The relationship between genetic molecules and metabolism is one of the longest-standing
problems for the origin of life. A central molecule within early metabolism is the coenzyme …

Sedimentary organics in Glen Torridon, Gale Crater, Mars: Results from the SAM instrument suite and supporting laboratory analyses

M Millan, AJ Williams, AC Mcadam… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) suite instrument on board NASA's Curiosity
rover has characterized the inorganic and organic chemical composition of seven samples …

Formation, stabilization and fate of acetaldehyde and higher aldehydes in an autonomously changing prebiotic system emerging from acetylene

P Diederich, T Geisberger, Y Yan, C Seitz… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Many essential building blocks of life, including amino acids, sugars, and nucleosides,
require aldehydes for prebiotic synthesis. Pathways for their formation under early earth …

Gamma-ray-induced synthesis of sugars in meteorite parent bodies

S Abe, I Yoda, K Kobayashi… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Sugars play an indispensable role for all living organisms. Given that certain sugars have
been identified in carbonaceous chondrites, these compounds might have been delivered to …

Nanozymes and Their Potential Roles in the Origin of Life

L Ma, Z Liang, Y Hou, R Zhang, K Fan… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The origin of life has long been a central scientific challenge, with various hypotheses
proposed. The chemical evolution, which supposes that inorganic molecules can transform …

Investigating the impact of x‐ray computed tomography imaging on soluble organic matter in the Murchison meteorite: Implications for Bennu sample analyses

DP Glavin, SA Eckley, JC Aponte… - … & Planetary Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
X‐ray computed tomography (XCT) is a valuable reconnaissance tool for three‐dimensional
imaging and identification of distinct lithologies in extraterrestrial samples. It will be used as …