Simple phosphorylation, isomerization, and aldolisation reactions starting from glyceraldehyde have the potential to lead to the synthesis of pre-ribonucleotide polymers through a primitive form of the Calvin cycle (dark phase of photosynthesis) involving the unusual formation of phospho-nonulose phosphate and phospho-deculose phosphate, as key intermediates. These reactions involve activated phosphates which are generated from schreibersite minerals, geochemically available in Hadean times.
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Koenig, M. (2018, April 1). Primitive Dark-Phase Cycle of Photosynthesis at the Origin of Life. Journal of Molecular Evolution. Springer New York LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-018-9840-1
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