Peptides adopt stable omega-loop structures in concentrated sulfuric acid
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 37, September 2026. SignificanceConcentrated sulfuric acid is widely regarded as destructive to Earth-like biochemistry. Recent studies, however, show that an increasing number of biomolecules, including nucleic acid bases, amino acids, and lipids, remain stable in this ...
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