title: Chirality-specific hydrolysis of amino acid substrates by cellulose nanofibers.
abstract: We demonstrate for the first time that cellulose nanofibers obtained from natural sources have the capability to hydrolyze the amide bonds of amino acid substrates in a chirality-specific manner. The chiral specificities were clearly correlated with the species of amino acid units and the crystal structures of cellulose.
authors: Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-H121 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan. serizawa@polymer.titech.ac.jp.
authors: Takeshi
authors: T
authors: Serizawa
authors: Toshiki
authors: T
authors: Sawada
authors: Masahisa
authors: M
authors: Wada
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000737:chemistry*; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D057139:Nanofibers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D000596:Amino Acids; D002482:Cellulose