Use of Alternative Enantiomers by Life on Earth

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Apr 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010lpico1538.5574s&link_type=abstract

Astrobiology Science Conference 2010: Evolution and Life: Surviving Catastrophes and Extremes on Earth and Beyond, held April 2

Biology

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The chirality barrier in amino acids and lactic acid has been overcome
on Earth by racemases. For the metabolism of sugars (glucose and
xylose), the "mirror" is intact. These findings complicate chirality
based approaches to life detection.

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