Episode 8/13: Nucleotides // A Course on Abiogenesis by Dr. James Tour

Dr. James Tour - Jesus, Science, Faith, Origin of Life & Abiogenesis

In this episode, Dr. James Tour educates on the 3rd class of compounds needed for life: nucleotides, comprised of a sugar (carbohydrate), a nucleobase, and a phosphate. With the reminder how manufacturers extract nucleotides from biological sources and how the oligomer synthesis cycle in solid phase DNA synthesis must use synthetically-prepared protective mechanisms, prebiotic nucleotide synthesis remains a mystery. Furthermore, it is revealed that the problem of sequence specific biological in…