Name: Richard B.
Status: Educator
Age: 30s
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Question:
In what way are amino acids left-handed or right handed?
Replies:
They rotate the plane of polarized light to the right or to the left based
on their three dimensional structure...this is important since most
biologically active amino acids are left handed.
Peter Faletra Ph.D.
Office of Science
Department of Energy
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