{"id":471806,"date":"2022-07-08T07:10:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T04:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/building-blocks-for-rna-based-life-abound-at-center-of-our-galaxy\/"},"modified":"2022-07-08T07:10:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T04:10:01","slug":"building-blocks-for-rna-based-life-abound-at-center-of-our-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/building-blocks-for-rna-based-life-abound-at-center-of-our-galaxy\/","title":{"rendered":"#Building blocks for RNA-based life abound at center of our galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4136613cc7a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4136613cc7a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/building-blocks-for-rna-based-life-abound-at-center-of-our-galaxy\/#%E2%80%9CBuilding_blocks_for_RNA-based_life_abound_at_center_of_our_galaxy%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Building blocks for RNA-based life abound at center of our galaxy&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBuilding_blocks_for_RNA-based_life_abound_at_center_of_our_galaxy%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Building blocks for RNA-based life abound at center of our galaxy&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2018\/1-milkyway.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2018\/1-milkyway.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Credit: CC0 Public Domain\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2018\/1-milkyway.jpg\" alt=\"milky way\" title=\"Credit: CC0 Public Domain\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Credit: CC0 Public Domain<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nitriles, a class of organic molecules with a cyano group\u2014that is, a carbon atom bound with a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>le unsaturated bond to a nitrogen atom\u2014are typically toxic. But paradoxically, they are also a key precursor for molecules essential for life, such as ribonucleotides, composed of the nucleobases or &#8220;letters&#8221; A, U, C, and G joined to a ribose and phosphate group, which together make up RNA. Now, a team of researchers from Spain, Japan, Chile, Italy, and the US show that a wide range of nitriles occurs in interstellar space within the molecular cloud G+0.693-0.027, near the center of the Milky Way.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\">\n         <!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>Dr. V\u00edctor M. Rivilla, a researcher at the Center for Astrobiology of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the National Institute of Aerospace <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology<\/a> (INTA) in Madrid, Spain, and first author of the new study published in <i>Frontiers in Astronomy and Space <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>s<\/i>, said, &#8220;Here we show that the chemistry that takes place in the interstellar medium is able to efficiently form multiple nitriles, which are key molecular precursors of the &#8216;RNA World&#8217; scenario.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Possible &#8216;RNA-only&#8217; world<\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to this scenario, life on Earth was originally based on RNA only, and DNA and protein enzymes evolved later. RNA can fulfill both their functions: storing and copying information like DNA, and catalyzing reactions like enzymes. According to the &#8220;RNA World&#8221; theory, nitriles and other building blocks for life needn&#8217;t necessarily all have arisen on Earth itself: They might also have originated in space and &#8220;hitchhiked&#8221; to the young Earth inside meteorites and comets during the &#8220;Late Heavy Bombardment&#8221; period, between 4.1 and 3.8 billion years ago. In support, nitriles and other precursor molecules for nucleotides, lipids, and amino acids have been found inside contemporary comets and meteors.<\/p>\n<p>But from where in space could these molecules have come? Prime candidates are molecular clouds, which are dense and cold regions of the interstellar medium, and are suitable for the formation of complex molecules. For example, the molecular cloud G+0.693-0.027 has a temperature of around 100 K and is <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roximately three light years across, with a mass approximately one thousand times that of our sun. There&#8217;s no evidence that stars are currently forming inside G+0.693-0.027, although scientists suspect that it might evolve to become a stellar nursery in the future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The chemical content of G+0.693-0.027 is similar to those of other star-forming regions in our galaxy, and also to that of solar system objects like comets. This means that its study can give us important insights about the chemical ingredients that were available in the nebula that give rise to our planetary system,&#8221; explained Rivilla.<\/p>\n<p><b>Electromagnetic spectra studied<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Rivilla and colleagues used two telescopes in Spain to study the electromagnetic spectra emitted by G+0.693-0.027: the 30-meter-wide IRAM telescope Granada, and the 40-meter-wide Yebes telescope in Guadalajara. They detected the nitriles cyanoallene (CH<sub>2<\/sub>CCHCN), propargyl cyanide (HCCCH<sub>2<\/sub>CN), and cyanopropyne, which hadn&#8217;t yet been found in G+0.693-0.027, although they had been reported in 2019 in the TMC-1 dark cloud in the constellations Taurus and Auriga, a molecular cloud with very different conditions than G+0.693-0.027.<\/p>\n<p>Rivilla and the team also found possible evidence for the occurrence in G+0.693-0.027 of cyanoformaldehyde (HCOCN) and glycolonitrile (HOCH<sub>2<\/sub>CN). Cyanoformaldehyde was detected for the first time in the molecular clouds TMC-1 and Sgr B2 in the constellation Sagittarius, and glycolonitrile in the Sun-like protostar IRAS16293-2422 B in the constellation Ophiuchus.<\/p>\n<p>Other recent studies  have also reported other RNA precursors  inside G+0.693-0.027 such as glycolaldehyde (HCOCH<sub>2<\/sub>OH), urea (NH<sub>2<\/sub>CONH<sub>2<\/sub>), hydroxylamine (NH<sub>2<\/sub>OH), and 1,2-ethenediol (C<sub>2<\/sub>H<sub>4<\/sub>O<sub>2<\/sub>), confirming that the interstellar chemistry is able to provide the most basic ingredients for the &#8220;RNA World.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Nitriles among most abundant chemical families in space<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Final author Dr. Miguel A Requena-Torres, a lecturer at Towson University in Maryland, U.S., said, &#8220;Thanks to our observations over the past few years, including the present results, we now know that nitriles are among the most abundant chemical families in the universe. We have found them in molecular clouds in the center of our galaxy, protostars of different masses, meteorites and comets, and also in the atmosphere of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Second author Dr. Izaskun Jim\u00e9nez-Serra, likewise a researcher at CSIC and INTA, looked ahead: &#8220;We have detected so far several simple precursors of ribonucleotides, the building blocks of RNA. But there are still key missing molecules that are hard to detect. For example, we know that the origin of life on Earth probably also required other molecules such as lipids, responsible for the formation of the first cells. Therefore, we should also focus on understanding how lipids could be formed from simpler precursors available in the interstellar medium.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Could interstellar ice provide the answer to birth of DNA?\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                                <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                Molecular precursors of the RNA-world in space: new nitriles in the G+0.693-0.027 molecular cloud, <i>Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences<\/i> (2022). <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-doi=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.3389\/fspas.2022.876870\">DOI: 10.3389\/fspas.2022.876870<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fspas.2022.876870\/full\">www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/1 \u2026 pas.2022.876870\/full<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Building blocks for RNA-based life abound at center of our galaxy (2022, July  8)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved  8 July 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-07-blocks-rna-based-life-abound-center.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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