V. Kolb et al., MINERAL INDUCED PHOSPHORYLATION OF GLYCOLATE ION - A METAPHOR IN CHEMICAL EVOLUTION, Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere, 27(5-6), 1997, pp. 485-503
Bilateral surface-active minerals with excess positive charge concentr
ate glycolate and trimetaphosphate ion from 10(-3) m aqueous solution
to half-saturation of the internal surface sites, and induce phosphory
lation of glycolate ion in the mineral with trimetaphosphate, sorbed f
rom 10(-2) m solution. By utilizing reactants from dilute solution at
near neutral pH, and eliminating the need for participating organic ni
trogen compounds, the reaction comprises several elements considered n
ecessary for geochemical realism in models for molecular evolution.