Re: De la vie sur Vénus ?
Publié : 30 sept. 2020 21:51
Intérêt de la phosphine comme biomarqueur.
We postulate that anaerobic life persisting in anoxic (O2-free) environments may exploit trivalent phosphorus chemistry much more extensively. We review the production of trivalent phosphorus compounds by anaerobic organisms, including phosphine gas and an alkyl phosphine, phospholane. We suggest that the failure to find more such compounds in modern terrestrial life may be a result of the strong bias of the search for natural products toward aerobic organisms. We postulate that a more thorough identification of metabolites of the anaerobic biosphere could reveal many more trivalent phosphorus compounds. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of our work for the origin and early evolution of life, and suggest that trivalent phosphorus compounds could be valuable markers for both extraterrestrial life and the Shadow Biosphere on Earth.
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ast.2018.1958
Une volonté de développer les biomarqueurs métabolites de microorganismes anaérobies.
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ast.2018.1954#B8
Voir 2.2. Biological production of phosphine
Pour mémoire, le phosphore (sous forme de phosphate) est le constituant avec le ribose/désoxyribose de la chaîne notre ADN et ARN.
Il est aussi utilisé dans le mécanisme produisant de l'énergie ADP / ATP.
JJ
We postulate that anaerobic life persisting in anoxic (O2-free) environments may exploit trivalent phosphorus chemistry much more extensively. We review the production of trivalent phosphorus compounds by anaerobic organisms, including phosphine gas and an alkyl phosphine, phospholane. We suggest that the failure to find more such compounds in modern terrestrial life may be a result of the strong bias of the search for natural products toward aerobic organisms. We postulate that a more thorough identification of metabolites of the anaerobic biosphere could reveal many more trivalent phosphorus compounds. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of our work for the origin and early evolution of life, and suggest that trivalent phosphorus compounds could be valuable markers for both extraterrestrial life and the Shadow Biosphere on Earth.
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ast.2018.1958
Une volonté de développer les biomarqueurs métabolites de microorganismes anaérobies.
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ast.2018.1954#B8
Voir 2.2. Biological production of phosphine
Pour mémoire, le phosphore (sous forme de phosphate) est le constituant avec le ribose/désoxyribose de la chaîne notre ADN et ARN.
Il est aussi utilisé dans le mécanisme produisant de l'énergie ADP / ATP.
JJ