Collapse of Homochirality of Amino Acids
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Noriko Fujii; Yuichi Kaji; Norihiko Fujii; Tooru Nakamura; Ryota Motoie; Yuhei M
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Prior to the emergence of life, it is believed that only L‐amino acids were selected for formation of proteins, and that D‐amino acids were eliminated on the primitive Earth. Whilst homochirality is essential for life, recently the occurrence of proteins containing D‐__β__‐aspartyl (Asp