Geochemical Origin of Life von Karl Kleinermanns | The Link Between Transition Metals, Organic Synthesis and Autotrophic Cells | ISBN 9783110678239

Geochemical Origin of Life

The Link Between Transition Metals, Organic Synthesis and Autotrophic Cells

von Karl Kleinermanns und William F. Martin
Mitwirkende
Autor / AutorinKarl Kleinermanns
Autor / AutorinWilliam F. Martin
Buchcover Geochemical Origin of Life | Karl Kleinermanns | EAN 9783110678239 | ISBN 3-11-067823-3 | ISBN 978-3-11-067823-9

Geochemical Origin of Life

The Link Between Transition Metals, Organic Synthesis and Autotrophic Cells

von Karl Kleinermanns und William F. Martin
Mitwirkende
Autor / AutorinKarl Kleinermanns
Autor / AutorinWilliam F. Martin

The textbook provides a fundamentally new perspective on chemical evolution of primordial life under the conditions of the early earth and discusses geological serpentinization as the vital source of activated hydrogen for abiotic carbon and nitrogen fixation to organic molecules today and in the past. It is shown how primordial metabolism was in many respects similar to modern biochemistry using transition metals as catalysts instead of enzymes.