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Phosphorylation of AMP into ADP and ATP, that can outrun their hydrolysis, was made possible in a simulated hydrothermal environment when trimetaphosphate was used as the phosphate source. The best yields of phosphorylated products were obtained when the reaction fluids whose temperature was set at about 100 degrees centigrade was injected into the cold environment maintained at 0 degree in a recycling manner. Hydrothermal environments in the primitive ocean could also have served as prebiotic sites for phosphorylation, among others.
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Ozawa, K., Nemoto, A., Imai, Ei. et al. Phosphorylation of Nucleotide Molecules in Hydrothermal Environments. Orig Life Evol Biosph 34, 465–471 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:ORIG.0000043121.65714.05
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