| Literature DB >> 16938839 |
Ronald Breslow1, Mindy S Levine.
Abstract
Solutions with as little as 1% enantiomeric excess (ee) of D- or L-phenylalanine are amplified to 90% ee (a 95/5 ratio) by two successive evaporations to precipitate the racemate. Such a process on the prebiotic earth could lead to a mechanism by which meteoritic chiral alpha-alkyl amino acids could form solutions with high ee values that were needed for the beginning of biology.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16938839 PMCID: PMC1559738 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0605863103
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205