Emerging knowledge of regulatory roles o
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Felipe Cava; Hubert Lam; Miguel A. de Pedro; Matthew K. Waldor
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Article
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2010
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Springer
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English
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The d-enantiomers of amino acids have been thought to have relatively minor functions in biological processes. While l-amino acids clearly predominate in nature, d-amino acids are sometimes found in proteins that are not synthesized by ribosomes, and d-Ala and d-Glu are routinely found in the peptid