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June 7, 2023Science Advances95 citationsOpen Access

Origin of biological homochirality by crystallization of an RNA precursor on a magnetic surface

SOS. Furkan OzturkZLZiwei LiuJSJohn D. Sutherland

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) surfaces, achieving an unprecedented enantiomeric excess (ee) of about 60%. Following the initial enrichment, we then obtained homochiral (100% ee) crystals of RAO after a subsequent crystallization. Our results demonstrate a prebiotically plausible way of achieving system-level homochirality from completely racemic starting materials, in a shallow-lake environment on early Earth where sedimentary magnetite deposits are expected to be common.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0138317ac91c5d2a2d75a0https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adg8274
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