An experimental investigation of the evolution of chirality in a potential dynamic peptide system: N-terminal epimerization and degradation into diketopiperazine

Astrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 651-662

  Danger, Grégoire ^a,c   Plasson, Raphaël ^b   Pascal, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b NORDITA   (Denmark)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

APED model; Catalyst; Cleavage; Depolymerization; Diastereoselectivity; Diketopiperazine; Epimerization; Heterochiral; Homochirality; Peptide; Prebiotic chemistry; Pyridoxal; Stereoselectivity; Symmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; PIPERAZINEDIONE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

BIOGENESIS; DIKETOPIPERAZINES; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PEPTIDES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77956150732     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2009.0450     Document Type: Article

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