Polypeptide formation in clusters of β-alanine amino acids by single ion impact
oleh: Patrick Rousseau, Dariusz G. Piekarski, Michael Capron, Alicja Domaracka, Lamri Adoui, Fernando Martín, Manuel Alcamí, Sergio Díaz-Tendero, Bernd A. Huber
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2020-07-01 |
Deskripsi
Formation of peptide bonds in cold gas-phase environments might represent a prebiotic synthesis route of polypeptides. Here, the authors show the formation of up to tetra-peptide species in the collision of He2+ ions, with kinetic energies typical for solar wind ions, with cold β-alanine clusters.