Prebiotic access to enantioenriched amino acids via peptide-mediated transamination reactions.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
; 121(7): e2315447121, 2024 Feb 13.
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ABSTRACT
The kinetic resolution of racemic amino acids mediated by dipeptides and pyridoxal provides a prebiotically plausible route to enantioenriched proteinogenic amino acids. The enzymatic transamination cycles that are key to modern biochemical formation of enantiopure amino acids may have evolved from this half of the reversible reaction couple. Kinetic resolution of racemic precursors emerges as a general route to enantioenrichment under prebiotic conditions.
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Peptides
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Amino Acids
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En
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Year:
2024
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Article