D-aminoácidos em biologia: mais do que se julga

Química Nova

João J. R. Fraústo Da Silva¹  José Armando L. Da Silva¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Técnica de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico Centro de Química Estrutural - Complexo ILisboa Portugal

关键词: neuropeptides;    neuromodulators;    toxines;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-40422009000200046

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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.

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