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Ying J, Ding R, Liu Y, Zhao Y. Prebiotic Chemistry in Aqueous Environment: A Review of Peptide Synthesis and Its Relationship with Genetic Code. CHINESE J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202100120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jianxi Ying
- Institute of Drug Discovery Technology Ningbo University, No.818 Fenghua Road, Ningbo Zhejiang 315211 China
- Qian Xuesen Collaborative Research Center of Astrochemistry and Space Life Sciences Ningbo University No.818 Fenghua Road, Ningbo Zhejiang 315211 China
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- Institute of Drug Discovery Technology Ningbo University, No.818 Fenghua Road, Ningbo Zhejiang 315211 China
- Qian Xuesen Collaborative Research Center of Astrochemistry and Space Life Sciences Ningbo University No.818 Fenghua Road, Ningbo Zhejiang 315211 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University, No. 422, Siming South Road Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- Institute of Drug Discovery Technology Ningbo University, No.818 Fenghua Road, Ningbo Zhejiang 315211 China
- Qian Xuesen Collaborative Research Center of Astrochemistry and Space Life Sciences Ningbo University No.818 Fenghua Road, Ningbo Zhejiang 315211 China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University, No. 422, Siming South Road Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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Achour S, Hosni Z, Darghouthi S, Syme C. Assisted dipeptide bond formation: glycine as a case study. Heliyon 2021; 7:e07276. [PMID: 34195408 PMCID: PMC8225972 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Peptide bond formation is a crucial chemical process that dominates most biological mechanisms and is claimed to be a governing factor in the origin of life. Dipeptides made from glycine are studied computationally via Density Functional Theory (DFT) using two different basis sets. This reaction was investigated from both a thermodynamic and kinetic point of view. The effect of explicit assistance via the introduction of discrete solvent molecules was investigated. Water, methanol, and cyclohexane were all employed as solvent media in addition to gas to investigate their effects on the mechanism of peptide bond formation. This computational investigation revealed that methanol is slightly better than water to leverage peptide bond formation both kinetically and thermodynamically, while cyclohexane, a non-polar and non-protic solvent, is the least effective after gas as a medium of solvation. Energetic results in the gas environment are very close to those obtained in polar and protic solvents, suggesting that peptide bonds can be formed under interstellar conditions.
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- Sofiene Achour
- University of Tunis El Manar, Research Unity of Modeling in Fundamental Sciences and Didactics, Team of Theoretical Chemistry and Reactivity, BP 254, El Manar 2, 2096, Tunisia
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- Sheffield Chemoinformatics Research Group, Information School, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 211 Portobello, S1 4DP, Sheffield, UK
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- University of Tunis El Manar, Research Unity of Modeling in Fundamental Sciences and Didactics, Team of Theoretical Chemistry and Reactivity, BP 254, El Manar 2, 2096, Tunisia
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- MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Sir Michael Stoker Building, Garscube Campus, 464 Bearsden Road, Glasgow, G61 1QH, Scotland, UK
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Huang H, Yang S, Liu Y, Yang Y, Li H, McLeod JA, Ding G, Huang J, Kang Z. Photocatalytic Polymerization from Amino Acid to Protein by Carbon Dots at Room Temperature. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2019; 2:5144-5153. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.9b00805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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Jiang S, Chekini M, Qu ZB, Wang Y, Yeltik A, Liu Y, Kotlyar A, Zhang T, Li B, Demir HV, Kotov NA. Chiral Ceramic Nanoparticles and Peptide Catalysis. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:13701-13712. [PMID: 28803469 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b01445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The chirality of nanoparticles (NPs) and their assemblies has been investigated predominantly for noble metals and II-VI semiconductors. However, ceramic NPs represent the majority of nanoscale materials in nature. The robustness and other innate properties of ceramics offer technological opportunities in catalysis, biomedical sciences, and optics. Here we report the preparation of chiral ceramic NPs, as represented by tungsten oxide hydrate, WO3-x·H2O, dispersed in ethanol. The chirality of the metal oxide core, with an average size of ca. 1.6 nm, is imparted by proline (Pro) and aspartic acid (Asp) ligands via bio-to-nano chirality transfer. The amino acids are attached to the NP surface through C-O-W linkages formed from dissociated carboxyl groups and through amino groups weakly coordinated to the NP surface. Surprisingly, the dominant circular dichroism bands for NPs coated by Pro and Asp are different despite the similarity in the geometry of the NPs; they are positioned at 400-700 nm and 500-1100 nm for Pro- and Asp-modified NPs, respectively. The differences in the spectral positions of the main chiroptical band for the two types of NPs are associated with the molecular binding of the two amino acids to the NP surface; Asp has one additional C-O-W linkage compared to Pro, resulting in stronger distortion of the inorganic crystal lattice and greater intensity of CD bands associated with the chirality of the inorganic core. The chirality of WO3-x·H2O atomic structure is confirmed by atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. The proximity of the amino acids to the mineral surface is associated with the catalytic abilities of WO3-x·H2O NPs. We found that NPs facilitate formation of peptide bonds, leading to Asp-Asp and Asp-Pro dipeptides. The chiroptical activity, chemical reactivity, and biocompatibility of tungsten oxide create a unique combination of properties relevant to chiral optics, chemical technologies, and biomedicine.
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- Shuang Jiang
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Applied Catalysis Science and Technology, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300354, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) , Tianjin 300354, China.,Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Functional Fine Chemicals , Tianjin 300354, China
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- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Department of Physics, UNAM, Bilkent University , 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Huaqiao University , Xiamen 361021, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Applied Catalysis Science and Technology, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300354, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) , Tianjin 300354, China.,Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Functional Fine Chemicals , Tianjin 300354, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Applied Catalysis Science and Technology, Tianjin University , Tianjin 300354, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) , Tianjin 300354, China.,Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Functional Fine Chemicals , Tianjin 300354, China
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- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Department of Physics, UNAM, Bilkent University , 06800 Ankara, Turkey.,School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, LUMINOUS! Center of Excellence for Semiconductor Lighting and Displays, Nanyang Technological University , 639798 Singapore
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Kitadai N, Oonishi H, Umemoto K, Usui T, Fukushi K, Nakashima S. Glycine Polymerization on Oxide Minerals. ORIGINS LIFE EVOL B 2017; 47:123-143. [PMID: 27473494 DOI: 10.1007/s11084-016-9516-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 07/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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It has long been suggested that mineral surfaces played an important role in peptide bond formation on the primitive Earth. However, it remains unclear which mineral species was key to the prebiotic processes. This is because great discrepancies exist among the reported catalytic efficiencies of minerals for amino acid polymerizations, owing to mutually different experimental conditions. This study examined polymerization of glycine (Gly) on nine oxide minerals (amorphous silica, quartz, α-alumina and γ-alumina, anatase, rutile, hematite, magnetite, and forsterite) using identical preparation, heating, and analytical procedures. Results showed that a rutile surface is the most effective site for Gly polymerization in terms of both amounts and lengths of Gly polymers synthesized. The catalytic efficiency decreased as rutile > anatase > γ-alumina > forsterite > α- alumina > magnetite > hematite > quartz > amorphous silica. Based on reported molecular-level information for adsorption of Gly on these minerals, polymerization activation was inferred to have arisen from deprotonation of the NH3+ group of adsorbed Gly to the nucleophilic NH2 group, and from withdrawal of electron density from the carboxyl carbon to the surface metal ions. The orientation of adsorbed Gly on minerals is also a factor influencing the Gly reactivity. The examination of Gly-mineral interactions under identical experimental conditions has enabled the direct comparison of various minerals' catalytic efficiencies and has made discussion of polymerization mechanisms and their relative influences possible Further systematic investigations using the approach reported herein (which are expected to be fruitful) combined with future microscopic surface analyses will elucidate the role of minerals in the process of abiotic peptide bond formation.
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- Norio Kitadai
- Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan.
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- Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-1192, Japan
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- Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan
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- Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan
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- Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-1192, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
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Iqubal MA, Sharma R, Jheeta S, Kamaluddin. Thermal Condensation of Glycine and Alanine on Metal Ferrite Surface: Primitive Peptide Bond Formation Scenario. Life (Basel) 2017; 7:E15. [PMID: 28346388 PMCID: PMC5492137 DOI: 10.3390/life7020015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2016] [Revised: 03/13/2017] [Accepted: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The amino acid condensation reaction on a heterogeneous mineral surface has been regarded as one of the important pathways for peptide bond formation. Keeping this in view, we have studied the oligomerization of the simple amino acids, glycine and alanine, on nickel ferrite (NiFe₂O₄), cobalt ferrite (CoFe₂O₄), copper ferrite (CuFe₂O₄), zinc ferrite (ZnFe₂O₄), and manganese ferrite (MnFe₂O₄) nanoparticles surfaces, in the temperature range from 50-120 °C for 1-35 days, without applying any wetting/drying cycles. Among the metal ferrites tested for their catalytic activity, NiFe₂O₄ produced the highest yield of products by oligomerizing glycine to the trimer level and alanine to the dimer level, whereas MnFe₂O₄ was the least efficient catalyst, producing the lowest yield of products, as well as shorter oligomers of amino acids under the same set of experimental conditions. It produced primarily diketopiperazine (Ala) with a trace amount of alanine dimer from alanine condensation, while glycine was oligomerized to the dimer level. The trend in product formation is in accordance with the surface area of the minerals used. A temperature as low as 50 °C can even favor peptide bond formation in the present study, which is important in the sense that the condensation process is highly feasible without any sort of localized heat that may originate from volcanoes or hydrothermal vents. However, at a high temperature of 120 °C, anhydrides of glycine and alanine formation are favored, while the optimum temperature for the highest yield of product formation was found to be 90 °C.
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- Md Asif Iqubal
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667, Uttarakhand, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667, Uttarakhand, India.
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- Network of Researchers on Horizontal Gene Transfer and Last Universal, Common Ancestor Leeds, Leeds LS7 3RB, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667, Uttarakhand, India.
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Wang H, Xiao Z, Yang J, Lu D, Kishen A, Li Y, Chen Z, Que K, Zhang Q, Deng X, Yang X, Cai Q, Chen N, Cong C, Guan B, Li T, Zhang X. Oriented and Ordered Biomimetic Remineralization of the Surface of Demineralized Dental Enamel Using HAP@ACP Nanoparticles Guided by Glycine. Sci Rep 2017; 7:40701. [PMID: 28079165 PMCID: PMC5228061 DOI: 10.1038/srep40701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 12/08/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Achieving oriented and ordered remineralization on the surface of demineralized dental enamel, thereby restoring the satisfactory mechanical properties approaching those of sound enamel, is still a challenge for dentists. To mimic the natural biomineralization approach for enamel remineralization, the biological process of enamel development proteins, such as amelogenin, was simulated in this study. In this work, carboxymethyl chitosan (CMC) conjugated with alendronate (ALN) was applied to stabilize amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) to form CMC/ACP nanoparticles. Sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) functioned as the protease which decompose amelogenin in vivo to degrade the CMC-ALN matrix and generate HAP@ACP core-shell nanoparticles. Finally, when guided by 10 mM glycine (Gly), HAP@ACP nanoparticles can arrange orderly and subsequently transform from an amorphous phase to well-ordered rod-like apatite crystals to achieve oriented and ordered biomimetic remineralization on acid-etched enamel surfaces. This biomimetic remineralization process is achieved through the oriented attachment (OA) of nanoparticles based on non-classical crystallization theory. These results indicate that finding and developing analogues of natural proteins such as amelogenin involved in the biomineralization by natural macromolecular polymers and imitating the process of biomineralization would be an effective strategy for enamel remineralization. Furthermore, this method represents a promising method for the management of early caries in minimal invasive dentistry (MID).
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- Haorong Wang
- School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, 12 Observatory Road, Tianjin 300070, P.R. China
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- School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, 12 Observatory Road, Tianjin 300070, P.R. China
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- School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, 12 Observatory Road, Tianjin 300070, P.R. China
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- School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, 12 Observatory Road, Tianjin 300070, P.R. China
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- Discipline of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, 27 King’s College Cir, Toronto ON M5S, Canada
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- School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, 12 Observatory Road, Tianjin 300070, P.R. China
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- School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, 12 Observatory Road, Tianjin 300070, P.R. China
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- School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, 12 Observatory Road, Tianjin 300070, P.R. China
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- School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, 12 Observatory Road, Tianjin 300070, P.R. China
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- Department of Geriatric Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, 22 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, P.R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Beijing City on Preparation and Processing of Novel Polymer, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 North Three-ring East Road, Beijing 100029, P.R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Beijing City on Preparation and Processing of Novel Polymer, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 North Three-ring East Road, Beijing 100029, P.R. China
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- School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, 12 Observatory Road, Tianjin 300070, P.R. China
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- School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, 12 Observatory Road, Tianjin 300070, P.R. China
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- School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, 12 Observatory Road, Tianjin 300070, P.R. China
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- Academic Committee of Bybo dental group, 4 Qinian Main Street, Beijing 100010, P.R. China
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- School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University, 12 Observatory Road, Tianjin 300070, P.R. China
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Lambert JF, Jaber M, Georgelin T, Stievano L. A comparative study of the catalysis of peptide bond formation by oxide surfaces. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2013; 15:13371-80. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp51282g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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