{"id":160249,"date":"2023-03-14T10:22:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T15:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/nickelback-peptide-molecule-could-have-fostered-life-on-earth-substance-may-serve-as-a-clue-in-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence"},"modified":"2023-03-14T10:22:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T15:22:18","slug":"nickelback-peptide-molecule-could-have-fostered-life-on-earth-substance-may-serve-as-a-clue-in-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/nickelback-peptide-molecule-could-have-fostered-life-on-earth-substance-may-serve-as-a-clue-in-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence","title":{"rendered":"Nickelback Peptide Molecule Could Have Fostered Life on Earth; Substance May Serve as a Clue in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/de1hiS_XjWg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Recent research reveals that a peptide called \u201cNickelback\u201d may have played a huge role in kick-starting life on earth. The substance may also serve as a clue in the long-standing search for extraterrestrial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p><b>Nickelback Peptide Molecule<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A research team from Rutgers University and the City College of New York was able to pinpoint a simple peptide protein called nickelback. While it mirrors the name of a famous Canadian rock band, the name of the peptide refers to the backbone of the protein, which consists of two atoms of nitrogen linked to a nickel atom pair and an amino acid chain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent research reveals that a peptide called \u201cNickelback\u201d may have played a huge role in kick-starting life on earth. The substance may also serve as a clue in the long-standing search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Nickelback Peptide Molecule A research team from Rutgers University and the City College of New York was able to pinpoint a [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1527,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alien-life","category-particle-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}