title: A model for the chiral recognition of L and D amino acids by helicoidal systems.
abstract: The interaction between a helix and an amino acid molecule is determined on the basis of semi-empirical potentials including Lennard-Jones, electrostatic, induction and hydrogen bond contributions. Calculations are performed for various values of the helix characteristics which schematize helicoidal polysaccharides (cellulose, cellulose derivatives⋯). The helix configuration acts as a chiral revealer as it frozes the amino acid inside its cavity. The chiral discriminatory ratio is maximum for similar sizes of the cavity and of the analyte.
authors.affiliation: Departmento de Física Fundamental y Experimental, Universidad de La Laguna, 38203, Tenerife, Spain.
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authors.lastname: Alvira