First results of the RAMBAS experiment on investigation of the radiation mechanism of chiral influence.
The first results of the RAdiation Mechanism of Biomolecular ASymmetry (RAMBAS) experiment on investigation of the radiation mechanism of the influence on chiral molecules, as a factor leading to origination of chiral asymmetry are presented. It was found that irradiation of simple achiral materials by a flux of electrons from radioactive source initiated the synthesis of amino acids, and it resulted in asymmetric degradation and chiral asymmetry in a racemic mixture of amino acids. The results obtained can be important for the solution of the origin-of-life and biological homochirality problems.
Burkov
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VI
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutsky per. 9, Dolgoprudnii, Moscow obl., 141700, Russia.
Goncharova
L A
LA
Gusev
G A
GA
Kobayashi
K
K
Moiseenko
E V
EV
Poluhina
N G
NG
Saito
T
T
Tsarev
V A
VA
Xu
Jianhua
J
Zhang
Guobin
G
D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D000069497:Origin of Life; D011522:Protons; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D013237:Stereoisomerism
D000596:Amino Acids; D011522:Protons