Under the right circumstances methane can play a key role in prebiotic chemistry – the reactions considered necessary to form carbon-based life. 在适当环境中,甲烷可以在生命起源前(prebiotic)的反应中扮演关键角色,人们认为,此类化学反应是形成碳基生命的必要步骤。
Amino acids are important biological compounds that played an essential role in the formation of peptides, the backbone of protein, in the prebiotic chemistry of the early Earth for the origin of life. 在早期地球原始化学生命起源过程中,氨基酸是重要的必需的生物化合物,生成肽和蛋白。