How Earth’s molecules got their “handedness”

[Zellmer, Robert]

This is about geometric and optical isomers.

How Earth’s molecules got their 'handedness'
Scientists from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have a new theory<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/osu.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c812e18d654f1fe5373358d17&id=1da06d8211&e=8ad2ae8486__;!!KGKeukY!2UM6cceJQj2-G3STNekVVeQ5x7dKu4rlaPajYDy6WXdIgIACJshyx_OQeloYcyxVGfccFbz-6_RVXe8u9-0$> about
how the building blocks of life — the many proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids
that compose every organism on Earth — may have evolved to favor a certain kind of
molecular structure. Although the role of this chirality is now recognized, there is no clear
consensus as to how this preferred symmetry may have initially arisen, said co-author of the
study and distinguished university professor emeritus James Cowan.


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Dr. Zellmer
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