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Possible role of Prussian blue nanoparticles in chemical evolution: interaction with ribose nucleotides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2015

Rachana Sharma ,
Md. Asif Iqubal  and
Kamaluddin
Rachana Sharma
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247 667, Uttrakhand, India
Md. Asif Iqubal
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247 667, Uttrakhand, India
Kamaluddin*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247 667, Uttrakhand, India
*
e-mail: kamalfcy@iitr.ac.in; kamalfcy@gmail.com
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Abstract

Ribonucleotides (RMPs) are the building blocks of genetic material consisting of a sugar group, a phosphate group and a nucleobase. Prussian blue (PB) is an ancient compound which is supposed to have formed under the conditions of primitive Earth. The interaction between nucleotides and mineral surfaces is of primary importance in the context of prebiotic chemistry. In the present work, the adsorption of RMPs on PB has been studied in the concentration range 0.4 × 10−4–3.0 × 10−4 M of RMPs at pH 7.5, T = 27°C and found to be 53.1, 41.7, 25.8 and 24.0% for adenosine 5′-monophosphate (5′-AMP), guanosine 5′-monophosphate, cytidine 5′-monophosphate and uridine 5′-monophosphate, respectively. Optimum conditions for the adsorption were studied as a function of concentration, time, amount of adsorbent and pH and data obtained were found to fit the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. Langmuir constants (KL and Xm) values were calculated. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, field-emission scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffractometry techniques were used to investigate the interaction of RMPs on PB surface. Adsorption kinetics of 5′-AMP on PB has been found to be pseudo-second order. Results obtained from this study should prove valuable for a better understanding of the mechanism of RMP–PB interaction.

Keywords

AdsorptionFT-IRFE-SEMPrussian blueribonucleotides
Type
Research Article
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International Journal of Astrobiology , Volume 15 , Special Issue 1: SPECIAL ISSUE LUCAL , January 2016 , pp. 17 - 25
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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