Prebiotic access to enantioenriched glyceraldehyde mediated by peptides† † Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/d1sc01250a
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ABSTRACT: A prebiotically plausible route to enantioenriched glyceraldehyde is reported via a kinetic resolution mediated by peptides. The reaction proceeds via a selective reaction between the l-peptide and the l-sugar producing an Amadori rearrangement byproduct and leaving d-glyceraldehyde in excess. Solubility considerations in the synthesis of proline–valine (pro–val) peptides allow nearly enantiopure pro–val to be formed starting from racemic pro and nearly racemic (10%) ee val. (ee = enantiomeric excess = (|d − l|)/(d + l)) Thus enantioenrichment of glyceraldehyde is achieved in a system with minimal initial chiral bias. This work demonstrates synergy between amino acids and sugars in the emergence of biological homochirality. A prebiotically plausible route to enantioenriched glyceraldehyde is reported via a kinetic resolution mediated by peptides.
SUBMITTER: Yu J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8115318 | biostudies-literature |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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