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amino acid designations

Postby bwindel » Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:03 pm

Can someone tell me what the L and D designation accompanying amino acids names mean?
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Postby canalon » Thu Jun 11, 2009 9:17 pm

Levo- and Dextrogyre. cf your favorite organic chemistry textbook.
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