Quantifying Mineral-Ligand Structural Similarities: Bridging the Geological World of Minerals with the Biological World of Enzymes
Metal compounds abundant on Early Earth are thought to play an important role in the origins of life. Certain iron-sulfur minerals for example, are proposed to have served as primitive metalloenzyme cofactors due to their ability to catalyze organic synthesis processes and facilitate electron transf...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Life |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/10/12/338 |