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Episode 6/13: The Building Blocks of Building Blocks // A Course on Abiogenesis by Dr. James Tour
In this episode, Dr. James Tour pauses and goes back to the basics, in a most literal sense. The matter at hand is not merely synthesizing the four classes of compounds needed for life – polysaccharides/carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids – but rather their respective building blocks – monomeric sugars; amino acids; nucleotides; and fatty acids and glycerol. When restricted to prebiotic chemicals and methods, and with no store from which to purchase these building blocks while remembering homochirality, is biomolecular synthesis easy?
Video Index:
00:00 - Introduction
00:39 - Reasons & Intent of this Abiogenesis Series
03:25 - Car Parts' Building Blocks
07:16 - "Easy" Misconception Regarding Building Block Syntheses
11:56 - Cellular Building Blocks & their origin
14:01 - Convenience vs Prebiotic Rocks & Atmosphere
15:59 - Summary and What's Next
Links in this Series | Addressing Abiogenesis & Common Misconceptions
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Series Trailer: https://youtu.be/N-RvMStTkx4
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0 - Reasons for this Series: https://youtu.be/71dqAFUb-v0
1 - Introduction to Abiogenesis: https://youtu.be/NqoVxwdWWpg
2 - Primordial Soup: https://youtu.be/tNbl-g8QoAg
3 - Hype: https://youtu.be/Q6b76XQQN00
4 - Homochirality: https://youtu.be/tqbpd3CmBgE
5 - Carbohydrates: https://youtu.be/rdqd_EvpsZM
6 - Building Blocks of Building Blocks: https://youtu.be/rdqd_EvpsZM
7 - Peptides: https://youtu.be/0Hv6KjB0j8Y
8 - Nucleotides: https://youtu.be/CYiguQYCSio
9 - Intermediate Summary & a Call to Colleagues: https://youtu.be/ImPxfmKrmoY
10 - Lipids: https://youtu.be/QTQd5Ifqv2g
11 - Chiral-induced Spin Selectivity: https://youtu.be/VKEZSfuMgL0
12.1 - Cell Construction & The Assembly Problem, Part 1: https://youtu.be/IaJo5jWs_6k
12.2 - Cell Construction & The Assembly Problem, Part 2: https://youtu.be/fDayvhch_W4
13 - Summary & Projections: https://youtu.be/71GTCHkId6M
Link to the cited video ("Elucidating the Agenda of James Tour: A Defense of Abiogenesis") can be found in the video description of Episode 0 - "Reasons for this Series" here: https://youtu.be/71dqAFUb-v0
Bauxite, Aluminium Hydroxide, Polished Slice, Kalgoorlie WA
Author: John Harrison
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Copper Ore
Author: S. Rae
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Iron Ore
Author: James St. John
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Crude Oil
Author: Glasbruch2007
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The passionate thumbnail for this video uses a still frame image taken from Dr. Tour's video on Flash Graphene when he says "any" in the phrase "any carbon source" at 0:12: https://youtu.be/hhN5I_ocLSU
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