Sulfate radicals enable a non-enzymatic Krebs cycle precursor.

作者: Markus A. Keller , Domen Kampjut , Stuart A. Harrison , Markus Ralser

DOI: 10.1038/S41559-017-0083

关键词: Sulfate radicalsGlyoxylate cycleBiochemistrySulfateCarbonCatalysisPeroxydisulfateChemistryCitric acid cycleOrganic chemistrySuccinic semialdehyde

摘要: The evolutionary origins of the Krebs cycle (tricarboxylic acid cycle) are not currently clear. Despite the existence of a simple non-enzymatic Krebs cycle catalyst being dismissed only a few years ago as 'an appeal to magic', citrate and other intermediates have since been discovered on a carbonaceous meteorite and do interconvert non-enzymatically. To identify a metabolism-like non-enzymatic Krebs cycle catalyst, we used combinatorial, quantitative high-throughput metabolomics to systematically screen iron and sulfate compounds in a …

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