A hydrogen dependent geochemical analogue of primordial carbon and energy metabolism
M. Preiner, K. Igarashi, K. B. Muchowska, M. Yu, S. J. Varma, K. Kleinermanns, M. K. Nobu, Y. Kamagata, H. Tüysüz, J. Moran, W. F. Martin
This paper demonstrates that hydrothermal minerals catalyze CO2 fixation with H2 under alkaline conditions, producing organic compounds similar to the acetyl-CoA pathway.
bioRxiv · Jun 27, 2019Evolutionary Biology