Possible chemical and physical scenarios towards biological homochirality

Q Sallembien, L Bouteiller, J Crassous… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The single chirality of biological molecules in terrestrial biology raises more questions than
certitudes about its origin. The emergence of biological homochirality (BH) and its …

The search for chiral asymmetry as a potential biosignature in our solar system

DP Glavin, AS Burton, JE Elsila, JC Aponte… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The search for evidence of extraterrestrial life in our Solar System is currently guided by our
understanding of terrestrial biology and its associated biosignatures. The observed …

Prebiotic astrochemistry and the formation of molecules of astrobiological interest in interstellar clouds and protostellar disks

SA Sandford, M Nuevo, PP Bera, TJ Lee - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Despite the generally hostile nature of the environments involved, chemistry does occur in
space. Molecules are seen in environments that span a wide range of physical and chemical …

The effects of parent body processes on amino acids in carbonaceous chondrites

DP Glavin, MP Callahan, JP Dworkin… - Meteoritics & Planetary …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
To investigate the effect of parent body processes on the abundance, distribution, and
enantiomeric composition of amino acids in carbonaceous chondrites, the water extracts …

Enrichment of the amino acid l-isovaline by aqueous alteration on CI and CM meteorite parent bodies

DP Glavin, JP Dworkin - Proceedings of the National …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
The distribution and enantiomeric composition of the 5-carbon (C5) amino acids found in CI-
, CM-, and CR-type carbonaceous meteorites were investigated by using liquid …

[图书][B] Amino acids and the asymmetry of life: caught in the act of formation

U Meierhenrich - 2008 - Springer
" How did life originate and why were left-handed molecules selected for its architecture?"
This question of high public and interdisciplinary scientific interest is the central theme of this …

Meteoritic amino acids: Diversity in compositions reflects parent body histories

JE Elsila, JC Aponte, DG Blackmond… - ACS Central …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The analysis of amino acids in meteorites dates back over 50 years; however, it is only in
recent years that research has expanded beyond investigations of a narrow set of meteorite …

Non-racemic amino acid production by ultraviolet irradiation of achiral interstellar ice analogs with circularly polarized light

P De Marcellus, C Meinert, M Nuevo… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The delivery of organic matter to the primitive Earth via comets and meteorites has long
been hypothesized to be an important source for prebiotic compounds such as amino acids …

The origin and evolution of organic matter in carbonaceous chondrites and links to their parent bodies

DP Glavin, CMOD Alexander, JC Aponte… - Primitive meteorites and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The nature of organic matter in meteorites reveals information about early solar system
chemistry and the histories of parent bodies as recorded in the effects of physical and …

Extraterrestrial amino acids and L‐enantiomeric excesses in the CM 2 carbonaceous chondrites Aguas Zarcas and Murchison

DP Glavin, JE Elsila, HL McLain… - … & Planetary Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The abundances, distributions, enantiomeric ratios, and carbon isotopic compositions of
amino acids in two fragments of the Aguas Zarcas CM 2 type carbonaceous chondrite fall …