Вопрос жизни. Энергия, эволюция и происхождение сложности

Химия катархейских океанов

Arndt, N., and E. NisbetProcesses on the young Earth and the habitats of early life // Annual Reviews Earth Planetary Sciences 40: 521–549 (2012).

Pinti, D.The origin and evolution of the oceans // Lectures Astrobiology 1: 83–112 (2005).

Russell, M. J., and N. T. ArndtGeodynamic and metabolic cycles in the Hadean // Biogeosciences 2: 97–111 (2005).

Zahnle, K., Arndt, N., Cockell, C., Halliday, A., Nisbet, E., Selsis, F., and N. H. SleepEmergence of a habitable planet // Space Science Reviews 129: 35–78 (2007).

Термофорез

Baaske, P., Weinert, F. M., Duhr, S., et al. Extreme accumulation of nucleotides in simulated hydrothermal pore systems // Proceedings National Academy Sciences USA 104: 9346–9351 (2007).

Mast, C. B., Schink, S., Gerland, U., and D. BraunEscalation of polymerization in a thermal gradient // Proceedings National Academy Sciences USA 110: 8030–8035 (2013).

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Amend, J. P., and T. M. McCollomEnergetics of biomolecule synthesis on early Earth / In: Zaikowski, L., et al., eds. Chemical Evolution II: From the Origins of Life to Modern Society. American Chemical Society (2009).

Ducluzeau, A.-L., Schoepp-Cothenet, B., Baymann, F., Russell, M. J., and W. NitschkeFree energy conversion in the LUCA: Quo vadis? // Biochimica et Biophysica Acta Bioenergetics 1837: 982–988 (2014).

Martin, W., and M. J. RussellOn the origin of biochemistry at an alkaline hydrothermal vent // Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 367: 1887–1925 (2007).

Shock, E., and P. CanovasThe potential for abiotic organic synthesis and biosynthesis at seafloor hydrothermal systems // Geofluids 10: 161–192 (2010).

Sousa, F. L., Thiergart, T., Landan, G., Nelson-Sathi, S., Pereira, I. A. C., Allen, J. F., Lane, N., and W. F. MartinEarly bioenergetic evolution // Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 368: 20130088 (2013).

Восстановительный потенциал и кинетический барьер восстановления CO₂

Lane, N., and W. MartinThe origin of membrane bioenergetics // Cell 151: 1406–1416 (2012).

Maden, B. E. H.Tetrahydrofolate and tetrahydromethanopterin compared: functionally distinct carriers in C₁metabolism // Biochemical Journal 350: 609–629 (2000).

Wäctershäuser, G. Pyrite formation, the first energy source for life: a hypothesis // Systematic and Applied Microbiology 10: 207–210 (1988).

Могут ли природные протонные градиенты инициировать восстановление CO₂?

Herschy, B., Whicher, A., Camprubi, E., Watson, C., Dartnell, L., Ward, J., Evans, J. R. G., and N. LaneAn origin-of-life reactor to simulate alkaline hydrothermal vents // Journal of Molecular Evolution 79: 213–227 (2014).

Herschy, B.Nature’s electrochemical flow reactors: Alkaline hydrothermal vents and the origins of life // Biochemist 36: 4–8 (2014).

Lane, N.Bioenergetic constraints on the evolution of complex life // Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a015982 (2014).