Volcanic production of polyphosphates and its relevance to prebiotic evolution

Yamagata, Y.; Watanabe, H.; Saitoh, M.; Namba, T.

doi:10.1038/352516a0

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Volcanic production of polyphosphates and its relevance to prebiotic evolution

Yamagata, Y., Watanabe, H., Saitoh, M., Namba, T.·1991·Nature

DOI 10.1038/352516a0

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Phosphates would probably have been essential compounds for prebiotic evolution on the primitive Earth. In this context, there have been several studies of condensation of water-soluble phosphates to polyphosphates and phosphorylation and condensation or polymerization of biomolecules with polyphosphates. But most of the phosphorus on the early Earth would have been in the form of water-insoluble apatite, and the origin of the water-soluble polyphosphates required for prebiotic evolution has therefore been a mystery. Here we show, both from experiments that simulate magmatic conditions and from analysis of volatile condensates in volcanic gas, that volcanic activity can produce water-soluble polyphosphates through partial hydrolysis of P4O10. This mechanism seems to be the only viable route identified so far for the production of these species on the primitive Earth.

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There was considerable local phosphate input from volcanos.
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Authors: Yamagata, Y., Watanabe, H., Saitoh, M., & Namba, T.
Affiliations: Kanazawa University (JP)
ORCID: Yamagata, Y.
Venue: Nature
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 1991-08
Volume: 352
Issue: 6335
Pages: 516-519
ISSN: 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/352516a0
OpenAlex: W1984123403
Cited by: 371
References: 36
Citations by year: 2026: 16 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 12
FWCI: 5.61
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Nature (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Keywords: polyphosphate, prebiotic evolution, volcanic activity, water-soluble phosphate, apatite, origin of life, early Earth, phosphate chemistry
MeSH terms: Calcium Phosphates, Hot Temperature, Minerals, Phosphorus, Polyphosphates, Silicates, Earth, Planet, Volcanic Eruptions, Evolution, Chemical, Evolution, Planetary

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