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Amino acids are one of the basic building blocks of life. All proteinogenic amino acids are L-α-amino acids. A hypothetical mirror-image life would use their enantiomers, D-α-amino acids, instead. Note that some D-α-amino acids play a role in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes as well. Mirror-image life (also called mirror life) is a hypothetical form of life using mirror-reflected molecular building blocks.[1] The successful creation of mirror-image life had previously been the goal of some scientists as a scientific achievement and a potential tool for biomanufacturing of mirror-image…

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