What can carbon dioxide (CO₂) on Saturn’s moons teach scientists about their formation and evolution? This is what a recent study submitted to The Planetary Science Journal hopes to address
What can carbon dioxide (CO₂) on Saturn’s moons teach scientists about their formation and evolution? This is what a recent study submitted to The Planetary Science Journal hopes to address
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Routes to α-keto acids from amino acids. a) The conversion of an α-amino acid to an α-keto acid via transamination requires an additional α-keto acid; however, b) the β-elimination of
TCA cycle and the associated prebiotic network centered on pyruvate. The thin arrows denote biologically expected pathways in typical terrestrial environments for aerobic organisms, while the double arrow shows the
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