Inside Cover: Enzyme‐Free Copying of 12 Bases of RNA with Dinucleotides (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 29/2022). Issue 29 (23rd May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Leveau, Gabrielle; Pfeffer, Daniel; Altaner, Bernhard; Kervio, Eric; Welsch, Franziska; Gerland, Ulrich; Richert, Clemens
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 61:Issue 29(2022)
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• Publication Date: 2022-05-23
• Subjects: Genetic Copying -- Nucleotides -- Origin of Life -- RNA -- Replication; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.202207056
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

Abstract : Dinucleotides copy RNA in the absence of enzymes or ribozymes. Genetic copying, producing the complementary strand to a template, drives replication. Self‐replication, based solely on molecular recognition and chemical reactivity, is a mainstay of the "RNA world" hypothesis for the origin of life. Dimers, the very first products of oligomerization, are superior building blocks in dilute aqueous solution, as now shown by Clemens Richert and co‐workers in their Communication (e202203067 ; illustration of RNA duplexes based on PDB entry 1qc0).