BiochemistrybioRxiv
Depsipeptide nucleic acids: prebiotic formation, oligomerization, and self-assembly of a new candidate proto-nucleic acid
N. V. Hud, D. M. Fialho, S. Karunakaran…·R. Krishnamurthy
This study introduces depsipeptide nucleic acid as a prebiotic candidate for the first informational polymer, showing its spontaneous formation and self-assembly under plausible early Earth conditions.
DOI 10.1021/jacs.1c02287