D-aminoácidos em biologia: mais do que se julga
AUTOR(ES)
Silva, João J. R. Fraústo da, Silva, José Armando L. da
FONTE
Química Nova
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2009
RESUMO
It is still frequently referred, even in reference text-books, that the D-enantiomers of amino acids are not present in living organisms, which is not right. In the present revision/informative paper we describe a large number of D-amino acids that are present in all forms of organisms, from bacteria to human beings, in the free state, in peptides and in proteins, and give a short overview of their characteristics, physiological interaction and roles.
