Identifying the wide diversity of extraterrestrial purine and pyrimidine nucleobases in carbonaceous meteorites

Yasuhiro Oba; Yoshinori Takano; Yoshihiro Furukawa; Toshiki Koga; Daniel P. Glavin; Jason P. Dworkin; Hiroshi Naraoka

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29612-x

Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Identifying the wide diversity of extraterrestrial purine and pyrimidine nucleobases in carbonaceous meteorites

Yasuhiro Oba,
Yoshinori Takano,
Yoshihiro Furukawa,
Toshiki Koga,
Daniel P. Glavin,
Jason P. Dworkin,
Hiroshi Naraoka

Affiliations

Yasuhiro Oba: Institute of Low Temperature Science (ILTS), Hokkaido University
Yoshinori Takano: Biogeochemistry Research Center (BGC), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Yoshihiro Furukawa: Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University
Toshiki Koga: Biogeochemistry Research Center (BGC), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Daniel P. Glavin: Solar System Exploration Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Jason P. Dworkin: Solar System Exploration Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Hiroshi Naraoka: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29612-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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All DNA/RNA nucleobases were identified in carbonaceous meteorites. Having been provided to the early Earth as a component in carbonaceous meteorites, these molecules might have played a role for the emergence of genetic functions in early life.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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