MicrobiologyFEBS JournalPeer-reviewed
Hydrothermal origin of metabolic phosphorylation
Manon Laura Schlikker, Nadja K. Hoffmann, Sabine U Metzger…·William F. Martin
This study shows that palladium catalysts in hydrothermal systems oxidize phosphite to phosphate and generate prebiotic phosphorylation products under serpentinizing conditions.
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