2021年12月1日
Space Exposure of Amino Acids and Their Precursors during the Tanpopo Mission
Astrobiology
- 巻
- 21
- 号
- 12
- 開始ページ
- 1479
- 終了ページ
- 1493
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1089/ast.2021.0027
- 出版者・発行元
- MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
Amino acids have been detected in extraterrestrial bodies such as carbonaceous chondrites (CCs), which suggests that extraterrestrial organics could be the source of the first life on Earth, and interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) or micrometeorites (MMs) are promising carriers of extraterrestrial organic carbon. Some amino acids found in CCs are amino acid precursors, but these have not been well characterized. The Tanpopo mission was conducted in Earth orbit from 2015 to 2019, and the stability of glycine (Gly), hydantoin (Hyd), isovaline (Ival), 5-ethyl-5-methylhydantoin (EMHyd), and complex organics formed by proton irradiation from CO, NH3, and H2O (CAW) in space were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography and/or gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The target substances showed a logarithmic decomposition over 1-3 years upon space exposure. Recoveries of Gly and CAW were higher than those of Hyd, Ival, and EMHyd. Ground simulation experiments showed different results: Hyd was more stable than Gly. Solar ultraviolet light was fatal to all organics, and they required protection when carried by IDPs/MMs. Thus, complex amino acid precursors (such as CAW) were possibly more robust than simple precursors during transportation to primitive Earth. The Tanpopo 2 mission is currently being conducted to expose organics to more probable space conditions.
- リンク情報
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- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2021.0027
- PubMed
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34793260
- Web of Science
- https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000720111200001&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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- 宇宙における有機物の形成・進化および生命の移動・居住可能性に関するアストロバイオロジー宇宙実験研究拠点
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- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1089/ast.2021.0027
- ISSN : 1531-1074
- eISSN : 1557-8070
- PubMed ID : 34793260
- SCOPUS ID : 85121350053
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000720111200001