A Review of Salam Phase Transition in Protein Amino Acids: Implication for Biomolecular Homochirality

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dc.creatorBai, Fan
dc.creatorWang, Wenqing
dc.date2002-09-19
dc.date2002-12-22
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:48:08Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:48:08Z
dc.descriptionThe origin of chirality, closely related to the evolution of life on the earth, has long been debated. In 1991, Abdus Salam suggested a novel approach to achieve biomolecular homochirality by a phase transition. In his subsequent publication, he predicted that this phase transition could eventually change D-amino acids to L-amino acids as C -H bond would break and H atom became a superconductive atom. Since many experiments denied the configuration change in amino acids, Salam hypothesis aroused suspicion. This paper is aimed to provide direct experimental evidence of a phase transition in alanine, valine single crystals but deny the configuration change of D- to L- enantiomers. New views on Salam phase transition are presented to revalidate its great importance in the origin of homochirality.
dc.description20 pages, 12 figures, new progress in understanding of homochirality
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0209069
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0209069
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/84916
dc.subjectBiological Physics
dc.subjectChemical Physics
dc.subjectQuantitative Biology
dc.titleA Review of Salam Phase Transition in Protein Amino Acids: Implication for Biomolecular Homochirality
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