'Ancestral Eve' crystal may explain origin of life's left-handedness
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 12:03
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists are reporting discovery of what may be the "ancestral Eve" crystal that billions of years ago gave life on Earth its curious and exclusive preference for so-called left-handed amino acids. Those building blocks of proteins come in two forms - left- and right-handed - that mirror each other like a pair of hands. Their study, which may help resolve one of the most perplexing mysteries about the origin of life, is in ACS' Crystal Growth & Design.
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