Amino acids are chiral molecules, i.e., they can be left handed or right handed. However, only L-Amino acids occur in nature. (IMAGE)

Tokyo University of Science

Amino acids are chiral molecules, i.e., they can be left handed or right handed. However, only L-Amino acids occur in nature.

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Naturally occurring proteins are exclusively left-handed; TUS researchers find out why.

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Tadashi Ando from TUS

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