First results of the RAMBAS experiment on investigation of the radiation mechanism of chiral influence.

作者信息

Burkov V I, Goncharova L A, Gusev G A, Kobayashi K, Moiseenko E V, Poluhina N G, Saito T, Tsarev V A, Xu Jianhua, Zhang Guobin

机构信息

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutsky per. 9, Dolgoprudnii, Moscow obl., 141700, Russia.

出版信息

Orig Life Evol Biosph. 2008 Apr;38(2):155-63. doi: 10.1007/s11084-008-9127-4. Epub 2008 Feb 27.

DOI:10.1007/s11084-008-9127-4

PMID:18302005

Abstract

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.

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