Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres 2007: Vol 37 Index & Table of Contents

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Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres
CONTENTS OF VOLUME 37 (2007)
Volume 37 - Number 1 - February 2007
EDITORIAL NOTE
Astrobiology and Earth’s Geological Record
A.W. Schwartz 1
PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY
Selectivity of Montmorillonite Catalyzed Prebiotic Reactions of D, L-nucleotides
P.C. Joshi - S. Pitsch - J.P. Ferris 3
Phosphate Sorption and Desorption on Pyrite in Primitive Aqueous Scenarios:
Relevance of Acidic — Alkaline Transitions
F. De Souza-Barros - R. Braz-Levigard - Y. Ching-San Jr. - M.M.B. Monte - J.A.P. Bonapace -
V. Montezano - A. Vieyra 27
Condensation of Amino Acids to Form Peptides in Aqueous Solution Induced by
the Oxidation of Sulfur(iv): An Oxidative Model for Prebiotic Peptide Formation
F. Chen: D. Yang 47
Enantiomeric Enrichment on the Prebiotic Earth
S.1. Goldberg 55
The Viability of a Nonenzymatic Reductive Citric Acid Cycle — Kinetics
and Thermochemistry
D.S. Ross 61
MEMBRANES
Mineral Surface Directed Membrane Assembly
M.M. Hanczyc - S.S. Mansy - J.W. Szostak 67
ORIGINS OF THE GENETIC CODE
Structure of the Genetic Code Suggested by the Hydropathy Correlation Between
Anticodons and Amino Acid Residues
S. Torres De Farias - C.H.C. Moreira - R.C. Guimaraes 83
Volume 37 : Number 2 - April 2007
PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY
The Sugar Model: Autocatalytic Activity of the Triose-Ammonia Reaction
A.L. Weber 105
Phosphate Solubility and the Cyanate-Mediated Synthesis of Pyrophosphate
W.J. Hagan Jr. -A . Parker -A . Steuerwald - M. Hathaway 113
Prebiotic Microreactors: A Synthesis of Purines and Dihydroxy Compounds
in Aqueous Aerosol
M. Ruiz-Bermejo - C. Menor-Salvan - S. Osuna-Esteban - S. Veintemillas-Verdaguer 123
Hydrothermal Reactions of Pyruvic Acid: Synthesis, Selection,
and Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Molecules
R.M. Hazen - D.W. Deamer 143
Kinetic Analysis of Oligo(C) Formation from the 5-Monophosphorimidazolide
of Cytidine with Pb(il) lon Catalyst at 10—-75°C
K. Kawamura « J. Maeda 153
HYPOTHESIS
A Possible Path to the RNA World: Enantioselective and Diastereoselective Purification
of Ribose
R. Bielski- M. Tencer 167
ASTROBIOLOGY
Microbial Community of a Hydrothermal Mud Vent Underneath the Deep-Sea
Anoxic Brine Lake Urania (Eastern Mediterranean)
M.M. Yakimov - L. Giuliano, S. Cappello, R. Denaro - P.N. Golyshin 177
Survival of Methanogenic Archaea from Siberian Permafrost under Simulated
Martian Thermal Conditions
D. Morozova - D. MéhImann - D. Wagner 189
BOOK REVIEWS
“Origins of Life. Biblical and Evolutionary Models Face Off” by Fazale Rana
and Hugh Ross. NavPress Books, Colorado Springs CO, 2004. 231 pages of main text.
List price $19.99 ($12.99 at Amazon.com)
D. Deamer 201
Robert M. Hazen: Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life’s Origin. Joseph Henry Press,
2005, 339 pp. ISBN: 0309094321, $25.16 (PDF edition available)
P. Bahn 205
Life as We Do Not Know It: The NASA Search for (and Synthesis of) Alien Life. Peter
Ward, Viking Press, 2005, 292 pp. ISBN 9780670034581 $25.95 ($16.35 from Amazon)
P. Bahn 207
Book Review: Conditions for the Emergence of Life on the Early Earth, Sydney Leach,
lan Smith, and Charles Cockell, (editors), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
B 2006, vol. 361, no. 1474, pp. 1673-1894, ISSN 0962-8436
P. Bahn 209
Recent Cambridge Books on Evolutionary Biology
A.W. Schwartz 213
Volume 37 - Number 3 - June 2007
PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY
Pressure Effects on the Abiotic Polymerization of Glycine
S. Ohara - T. Kakegawa - H. Nakazawa 215
Interaction of Ribonucleotides with Metal Hexacyanocobaltate(II1): A Possible Role
in Chemical Evolution
S.R. Ali: Kamaluddin 225
CHIRALITY
Asymmetric Spatiotemporal Evolution of Prebiotic Homochirality
M. Gleiser 235
The Role of Supernova Neutrinos on Molecular Homochirality
P. Barguefio - R. Pérez de Tudela 253
A Relativistic Neutron Fireball from a Supernova Explosion as a Possible Source
of Chiral Influence
G.A. Gusev - T. Saito - V.A. Tsarev - A.V. Uryson 259
MEMBRANES
The Influence of Environmental Conditions, Lipid Composition, and Phase Behavior
on the Origin of Cell Membranes
J.A. Thomas : F.R. Rana 267
ASTROBIOLOGY
Thermal Diapirism and the Habitability of the Icy Shell of Europa
J. Ruiz - L. Montoya - V. Lopez: R. Amils 287
BOOK REVIEW
The Planets
P. Bahn 297
Volume 37 - Numbers 4—5 - October 2007
International School of Complexity — Basic Questions about the Origins of Life
Guest Editors: Pasquale Stano- Pier Luigi Luisi
Special Issue: Nine Basic Questions on the Origins of Life, International School
of Complexity, Erice (Italy), 1 to 6 October 2006.
A.W. Schwartz 301
Basic Questions About the Origins of Life: Proceedings of the Erice International School
of Complexity (Fourth Course)
P. Stano - P.L. Luisi 303
QUESTION |: LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT COMPOUNDS,
AND CONTINGENCY VS. DETERMINISM
Question 1: Commentary Referring to the Statement “The Origin of Life can be Traced
Back to the Origin of Kinetic Control” and the Question “Do You Agree with this
Statement; and How Would You Envisage the Prebiotic Evolutionary Bridge Between
Thermodynamic and Kinetic Control?” Stated in Section 1.1.
A. Eschenmoser 309
Question 1: Origin of Life and the Living State
S. Kauffman 315
Question 1: Peptide Nucleic Acids and the Origin and Homochirality of Life
P.E. Nielsen 323
Question 1: The FeS/H,S System as a Possible Primordial Source of Redox Energy
M. Dorr - T. Alpermann - W. Weigand 329
QUESTION 2: ASTROBIOLOGY
Question 2: Raman Spectroscopic Approach to Analytica! Astrobiology: The Detection
of Key Biomolecular Markers in the Search for Life
H.G.M. Edwards 335
Question 2: Why Astrobiology?
S. Pizzarello 341
Question 2: Why an Astrobiological Study of Titan Will Help Us Understand
the Origin of Life?
F. Raulin 345
Question 2: Relation of Panspermia-Hypothesis to Astrobiology
Z.P. Zagorski 351
QUESTION 3: MACROMOLECULAR SEQUENCES
Question 3: The Worlds of the Prebiotic and Never Born Proteins
C. Chiarabelli - D. De Lucrezia 357
Question 3: The Problem of Macromolecular Sequences: The Forgotten Stumbling Block
P.L. Luisi 363
QUESTION 4: CHIRALITY
Question 4: Short Remarks About the Origin of Homochirality
V. Avetisov 367
Question 4: Basic Questions About the Origin of Life: On Chirobiogenesis
M. Lahav 371
QUESTION 5: RNA WORLD
Question 5: On the Chemical Reality of the RNA World
D. De Lucrezia - F. Anella - C. Chiarabelli 379
Question 5: Does the RNA-World Still Retain its Appeal After 40 Years ef Research?
P.-A. Monnard 387
QUESTION 6: GENETIC CODE
Question 6: Early Steps of Evolution and Some Ideas About a Simplified
Translational Machinery
K.H. Nierhaus 391
Question 6: How Did Translation Occur?
P. Strazewski 399
Question 6: Coevolution Theory of the Genetic Code: A Proven Theory
J.T.-F. Wong 403
QUESTION 7: EARLY CELLS
Question 7: Biosynthesis of Phosphatidic Acid in Liposome Compartments — Toward
the Self-Reproduction of Minimal Cells
Y. Kuruma 409
Question 7: Comparative Genomics and Early Cell Evolution: A Cautionary
Methodological Note
S. Islas - R. Hernandez-Morales - A. Lazcano 415
Question 7: Construction of a Semi-Synthetic Minimal Cell: A Model for Early
Living Cells
G. Murtas 419
Question 7: Optimized Energy Consumption for Protein Synthesis
W. Szaflarski - K.H. Nierhaus 423
Question 7: The First Units of Life Were Not Simple Cells
V. Norris - A. Hunding - F. Kepes - D. Lancet - A. Minsky - D. Raine -
R. Root-Bernstein - K. Sriram 429
Question 7: Modelling Minimal ‘Lipid-Peptide’ Cells
K. Ruiz-Mirazo - F. Mavelii 433
Question 7: New Aspects of Interactions Among Vesicles
P. Stano 439
Question 7: The Vesicle World: The Emergence of Cellular Life can be Related
to Properties Specific to Vesicles
S. Svetina 445
QUESTION 8: THEORETICAL MODELS
Question 8: From a Set of Chemical Reactions to Reproducing Cells
K. Kaneko 449
Question 8: Bridging the Gap Between In Silico and In Vitro Approaches to Minimal Cells
F. Mavelli - K. Ruiz-Mirazo 455
QUESTION 9: ARTIFICIAL LIFE
Question 9: Theoretical and Artificial Construction of the Living: Redefining the Approach
from an Autopoietic Point of View
L. Bich: L. Damiano 459
Question 9: Minority Control and Genetic Takeover
K. Kaneko 465
Question 9: Prospects for the Construction of Artificial Cells or Protocells
P.-A. Monnard - H.-J. Ziock 469
Question 9: Quantum Self-Assembly and Photoinduced Electron Tunneling
in Photosynthetic Systems of Artificial Minimal Living Cells
A. Tamulis - V. Tamulis 473
Volume 37 - Number 6 - December 2007
EDITORIAL NOTE
Stanley Miller 1930-2007
A.W. Schwartz 477
PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY
Amino Acid Interaction with and Adsorption on Clays: FT-IR and Méssbauer
Spectroscopy and X-ray Diffractometry Investigations
L.O.B. Benetoli - C.M.D. de Souza - K.L. da Silva - 1.G. de Souza Jr - H. de Santana -
A. Paesano Jr - A.C.S. da Costa - C.T.B.V. Zaia - D.A.M. Zaia 479
Oligomerization of Thioglutamic Acid: Encapsulated Reactions and Lipid Catalysis
H.H. Zepik - S. Rajamani - M.-C. Maurel - D. Deamer 495
The Effects of Ferrous and other lons on the Abiotic Formation of Biomolecules
using Aqueous Aerosols and Spark Discharges
M. Ruiz-Bermejo - C. Menor-Salvan - S. Osuna-Esteban - S. Veintemillas-Verdaguer 507
HYPOTHESIS
A Model! for the Origin of Protein Synthesis as Coreplicational Scanning of Nascent RNA
A.V. Yakhnin 523
Steps Towards the Formation of A Protocell: The Possible Role of Short Peptides
M. Fishkis 537
BOOK REVIEW
Complete Course in Astrobiology. Gerda Horneck and Petra Rettberg (eds.),
413 pp. Wiley-VCH, ISBN 978-3527-40660-9
P. Bahn 555
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