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Proteins in nature almost exclusively use L-type amino acids, and the sugar molecules in DNA also show a similar preference; this phenomenon is called homochirality.
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UnverifiedHomochirality of life refers to the phenomenon that amino acids in organisms are almost all L-form and sugars are almost all D-form.77% similarUnverifiedThe amino acids in human proteins exist mainly in one specific chiral form, and scientists use homochirality to describe this preference.72% similar
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