Ser-His catalyses the formation of peptides and PNAs

FEBS Letters

Volumn 583, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 153-156

  Gorlero, Maçha ^a   Wieczorek, Rafal ^a,b   Adamala, Katarzyna ^c   Giorgi, Alessandra ^d   Schininà, Maria Eugenia ^d   Stano, Pasquale ^a   Luisi, Pier Luigi ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR LIVING TECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fragment condensation; Organocatalysis; Origins of life; Peptide condensation; Prebiotic chemistry

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN A; DIPEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; OLIGOMER; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; POLYPEPTIDE; SERINE; TETRAPEPTIDE; TRIPEPTIDE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; ESTERIFICATION; MACROMOLECULE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CATALYSIS; DIPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; PEPTIDES;

TETRA;

EID: 57749176386     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.11.052     Document Type: Article

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