Mechanism of enantioselective ester cleavage by histidine-containing peptides at a micellar interface. 2. Effect of changing peptide chain length

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/recl.19921111101

Chiral p-nitrophenyl esters derived from the amino acid phenylalanine are cleaved by various histidine-containing tripeptides and higher oligopeptides as catalysts at a micellar interface.It is assumed that the oligopeptides adopt an internally hydrogen-b