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Science 8 March 1968:
Vol. 159. no. 3819, pp. 1108 - 1109
DOI: 10.1126/science.159.3819.1108
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Synthesis of a Sulfur-Containing Amino Acid under Simulated Prebiotic Conditions

Gary Steinman 1, Adolph E. Smith 2, and Joseph J. Silver 2

1 Department of Biochemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802
2 Physics Department, Sir George Williams University, Montreal, Canada

Ultraviolet irradiation of an aqueous solution of ammonium thiocyanate produces the sulfur-containing amino acid methionine. Synthesis of this class of biocompound fills another important gap in development of an overall picture of how prebiological chemistry may have evolved on primitive Earth.


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Prebiotic Synthesis of Methionine.
J. E. Van Trump and S. L. Miller (1972)
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