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optical isomer
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optical isomer


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The two types of vitamin E differ as optical isomers (stereoisomers).
glycine is exception +it has 2 hydrogen substituents +optically inactive +amino acids have asymmetric center at alpha-carbon +2 forms D and L +stereoisomers, optical isomers or enantiomers +all amino acids is L-configuration in proteins +D-amino acids found in antibiotics and in bacterial cell walls.
Most amino acids can exist in either of two optical isomers, called D and L.
 
 
 
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