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Nonprotein Amino Acids in the Murchison Meteorite
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Twelve nonprotein amino acids appear to be present in the Murchison meteorite. The identity of eight of them has been conclusively established as N -methylglycine, β-alanine, 2-methylalanine, α-amino- n -butyric acid, β-amino- n -butyric acid, γ-amino- n -butyric acid, isovaline, and pipecolic acid. Tentative evidence is presented for the presence of N -methylalanine, N -ethylglycine, β-aminoisobutyric acid, and norvaline. These amino acids appear to be extraterrestrial in origin and may provide new evidence for the hypothesis of chemical evolution.
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- Authors
- Kvenvolden, K. A., Lawless, J. G., & Ponnamperuma, C.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 1971-02
- Volume
- 68
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 486-490
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- OpenAlex
- W2088686908
- Cited by
- 309
- References
- 10
- FWCI
- 25.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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