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Amino acids of the Murchison meteorite. II - Five carbon acyclic primary beta-, gamma-, and delta-amino alkanoic acidsThe five-carbon acyclic primary beta, gamma, and delta amino alkanoic acids of the Murchison meteorite are studied using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and ion exchange chromatography. The chromatograms reveal that alpha is the most abundant monoamino alkanoic acid followed by gamma and beta, and an exponential increase in the amount of amino acid is observed as the carbon number increases in the homologous series. The influence of frictional heating, spontaneous thermal decomposition, and radiation of the synthesis of amino acids is examined. The data obtained support an amino acid synthesis process involving random combination of single-carbon precursors.
Document ID
19860034388
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Cronin, J. R.
(Arizona State Univ. Tempe, AZ, United States)
Pizzarello, S.
(Arizona State Univ. Tempe, AZ, United States)
Yuen, G. U.
(Arizona State University Tempe, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Volume: 49
ISSN: 0016-7037
Subject Category
Space Biology
Accession Number
86A19126
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-7255
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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