Ukusabela kwe-formaldehyde kuyindlela yokusabela kwamakhemikhali e-prebiotic eyaziwa kakhulu ngokukhiqizwa koshukela. Kulo msebenzi, sibonisa ukuthi inqubo ye-Cannizzaro iyinqubo eyinhloko yokusabela kwe-toluose ngaphansi kwezimo eziningi ezahlukene futhi ngenxa yalokho idinga ama-catalyst okusabela kwe-toluose ngaphansi kwezimo ezahlukene zemvelo.
Ukusabela kwe-formaldehyde okufundwe kukhiqiza ikakhulukazi ama-asidi e-organic ahlobene nokusetshenziswa kwe-metabolism (uhlelo lwe-protometabolic) kanye nenani elincane likashukela osele. Lokhu kungenxa yokubola koshukela omningi okhiqizwa ukusabela kukashukela we-methyl kanye nokwakheka kwama-asidi amaningi ukusabela kwe-Cannizzaro.
Siphinde sibonise ukuhlanganiswa kwe-Lewis acid okungavamile kokusabela kwe-toluose yizinhlelo zamaminerali ezihlotshaniswa ne-serpentine. Amaminerali abonisa umsebenzi we-catalytic afaka phakathi i-olivine, i-serpentine, i-calcium kanye namaminerali e-magnesium kufaka phakathi i-dolomite, i-calcite kanye nengadi yethu yamakhemikhali e-calcium ne-magnesium. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwenziwe izifundo zokubala zesigaba sokuqala sokusabela kwe-formaldehyde ukuze kufundwe ukusabela kwe-formaldehyde ukuze kwakhiwe i-methanol kanye ne-formic acid noma ukwakha i-glycolaldehyde nge-Cannizzaro reaction.
Ngakho-ke siphakamisa ukuthi i-serpentineization inqubo yokuqalisa edingekayo ukuze kuqaliswe uhlelo olulula lwe-protometabolic (uhlelo lwe-formometabolic).
Abalingisi: U-Arthur Omran, u-Asbell Gonzalez, uCesar Menor-Salvan, uMichael Gaylor, uJing Wang, uJerzy Leszczynski noTian Feng.
Ukuhluzwa kwamaminerali kwezinhlelo zefomu le-protometabolic ezihlotshaniswa nokufakwa kwe-serpentine, i-Life (Ukufinyelela Okuvulekile)
Ilungu le-Explorer Club, Owayengumphathi we-NASA Space Station/i-Aerobiologist, Iqembu Lezivakashi, Intatheli, Umqaphi Wezintaba Okhungathekile, uSynesthete, i-Na'Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist Hybrid, i-ASL, i-Veteran yaseDevon Island kanye ne-Everest Base Camp, (yena/yena)