Abstract
Some standard arguments are reviewed supporting deep ocean trenches as a likely location for the origin of terrestrial life. An analysis of proteomes of contemporary prokaryotes carried out by this group is cited as supporting evidence, indicating that the original proteins were formed by quenching from temperatures close to the boiling point of water. Coarse-grained simulations of the network formation process which agree quite well with experiments of such quenches both in drying and rapid fluid emission from a hot to a cold fluid are also described and cited as support for such a scenario. We suggest further experiments, observations and theoretical and simulation work to explore this hypothesis.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Article number | 1330 |
| Journal | Life |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Work was supported in part by NASA grant NNX14AQ05G and by the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute and by the Open Science Grid.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the author.
Keywords
- complex chemical systems
- ocean trenches
- origin of life
- prebiotic chemistry
- prions
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article
- Review