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The chiral forms of serine. Left: L-enantiomer, right: D-enantiomer

Amino acids are chiral compounds that are present in living organisms as free compounds or as polymers such as peptides or proteins. The 20 L-Amino acids present in proteins and peptides are defined as proteinogenic amino acid. About 500 amino acids are known and have been classified in many ways base on their chemical/physical properties .

All α-amino acids (AA) but glycine exist in either of the two enantiomers, which are mirror images of each other (the so called D- and L-enantiomers).

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  1. Wagner I, Musso H (November 1983). "New Naturally Occurring Amino Acids". Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 22 (11): 816–28. doi:10.1002/anie.198308161.[REDACTED]
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