Figure 1
From: Hexose phosphorylation for a non-enzymatic glycolysis and pentose phosphate pathway on early Earth

Comparison of current metabolic reactions and possible prebiotic reactions. (a) The metabolic reactions in the current life. (b) Possible prebiotic formation of glucose 6-phosphate 3 and 6-phosphogluconate 4 investigated in the present study and possible non-enzymatic metabolism-like reactions reported previously4,5,6.