Mirror symmetry breaking at the molecular level

被引：167

作者：

Avetisov, V

Goldanskii, V

机构：

[1] N. N. Semenov Inst. of Chem. Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117977 Moscow

来源：

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 1996年 / 93卷 / 21期

关键词：

prebiotic chemistry; molecular evolution; homochirality; enantioselectivity; origin of life;

D O I：

10.1073/pnas.93.21.11435

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Reasoning from two basic principles of molecular physics, P invariance of electromagnetic interaction and the second law of thermodynamics, one would conclude that mirror symmetry is retained in the world of chiral molecules. This inference is fully consistent with that is observed in inorganic nature. However, in the bioorganic world, the reverse is true. Mirror symmetry there is definitely broken. Is it possible to account for this phenomenon without going beyond conventional concepts of the kinetics of enantioselective processes? This study is an attempt to survey all existing hypotheses concerning this phenomenon.

引用

页码：11435 / 11442

页数：8

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