Chirality-specific hydrolysis of amino acid substrates by cellulose nanofibers
- 31 July 2013
- journal article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- Vol. 49 (78), 8827-8829
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cc44416c
Abstract
We demonstrate for the first time that cellulose nanofibers obtained from natural sources have the capability to hydrolyze the amide bonds of amino acid substrates in a chirality-specific manner. The chiral specificities were clearly correlated with the species of amino acid units and the crystal structures of cellulose.Keywords
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