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With four different groups connected to the tetrahedral alpha carbon atom, alpha...
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With four different groups connected to the tetrahedral alpha carbon atom, alpha amino acids are chiral. This means alpha amino acids have two forms which are almost identical but are actually different molecules. Amino acids exist in one or the other of two mirror image forms called the L isomer and D isomer.
Which isomer is used in proteins?
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