Did Homocysteine Take Part in the Start of the Synthesis of Peptides on the Early Earth?
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DOI: 10.3390/biom12040555
Abstract: Unlike its shorter analog, cysteine, and its methylated derivative, methionine, homocysteine is not today a proteinogenic amino acid. However, this thiol containing amino acid is capable of forming an activated species intramolecularly. Its thiolactone could… read more here.
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