Life on Earth forms like?

Researchers at the Scripps Research Institute and the University of California, Merced, USA, have found that the relatively simple combination of sugars in nature and amino acids has provided a reliable pathway. Depend on forming the building blocks of life.

RNA precursor molecules are formed from a crystal structure that can be observed with the naked eye

The results of this study were published in the journal Nature Chemistry .

The study is called " Roadmap to form the natural form of RNA precursor from initial radiofrequency materials, " which shows the pathway that RNA precursors may have formed on the earth before the appearance of any life form.

The study was conducted by Jason E. Hein, a professor of chemistry working at UC Merced University, USA, along with Eric Tse and Donna G. Blackmond, a group of researchers working at Scripps Research Institute. , USA.

Biological molecules, such as RNA and proteins, can exist in a natural or unnatural form, called enantiomers. By studying the chemical reactions carefully, the researchers found that it is possible to create the natural form of RNA precursors needed by combining simple amino acids.

" Amino acids alter the behavior of chemical reactions and allow the generation of RNA precursors naturally, which are produced in a stable form ," according to Hein. " In the end, we found that simple results emerged from some complex chemical bonds. "

RNA precursor molecules are formed from a crystal structure that can be observed with the naked eye. These crystals are stable and avoid normal chemical analyzes. They can exist until there are suitable conditions, which will transform into RNA .