Van Trump J E, Miller S L
Science. 1972 Nov 24;178(4063):859-60. doi: 10.1126/science.178.4063.859.
Methionine has been shown to be a product of the action of a spark discharge on a simulated primitive earth atmosphere containing CH(4), N(2), NH(3), H(2)O, and H(2)S or CH(3)SH. Acrolein has also been shown to be a product of the discharge and is proposed as an intermediate in the prebiotic synthesis of methionine and of glutamic acid, homocysteine, homoserine, and alpha,gamma-diaminobutyric acid.
蛋氨酸已被证明是在含有CH₄、N₂、NH₃、H₂O和H₂S或CH₃SH的模拟原始地球大气中进行火花放电作用的产物。丙烯醛也已被证明是放电产物,并被认为是蛋氨酸以及谷氨酸、高半胱氨酸、高丝氨酸和α,γ-二氨基丁酸的益生元合成过程中的一种中间体。