title: Natural Mechanism of Origination and Conservation of Monochirality of Amino Acids.
abstract: The proteins belonging to different organisms as well as the natural amino acids as incorporated into proteins occurring free in tissues and lymphatic fluids are, as a rule, levorotatory. This article contains a simple explanation of this structural discrimination and of the extremely slow racemization of natural organic substances.
authors.affiliation: Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics RAS, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Elena A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kadyshevich
authors.affiliation: Karpov Institute of Physical Chemistry, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Victor E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Ostrovskii
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D009904:Optical Rotation; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D011506:Proteins
keywords: levorotation-to-dextrarotation transfer mechanism; optical activity of organic substances; optical activity origination; protein levorotation; racemization mechanism