Prebiotic RNA Polymerisation: Energetics of Nucleotide Adsorption and Polymerisation on Clay Mineral Surfaces

Jelavic, Stanislov; Tobler, D J.; Hassenkam, Tue; De Yoreo, James J.; Stipp, S L.; Sand, Karina K.

doi:10.1039/c7cc04276k

Prebiotic RNA Polymerisation: Energetics of Nucleotide Adsorption and Polymerisation on Clay Mineral Surfaces

Journal Article · 07 December 2017 · Chemical Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cc04276k· OSTI ID:1513530

Jelavic, Stanislov ^[1]; Tobler, D J. ^[1]; Hassenkam, Tue ^[1]; De Yoreo, James J. ^[2]; Stipp, S L. ^[1]; Sand, Karina K. ^[3]

University of Copenhagen
BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)
UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS

We measured the binding energy and bonding parameters between model nucleotide functional groups and model clay mineral surfaces in solutions of acidic pH. We demonstrate that basal surfaces of clay minerals interact most strongly with nucleobases and show that the adsorption of the phosphate group to clay edges could facilitate polymerisation. Our results suggest that Al- and Fe-rich edge sites behave similarly in nucleotide polymerisation through change of the phosphodiester bond strength. We present an internally consistent set of thermodynamic parameters that represent the nucleotide–clay mineral system.

Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1513530

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-132426

Journal Information:: Chemical Communications, Vol. 53, Issue 94

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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