Most biological molecules are composed with the participation of asymmetric (chiral) carbon that governs the optical activity and stereospecific properties of these compounds, namely, the enzymatic activity of proteins, the specificity of cellular receptors, the replication of nucleic acids, and so on. This most important property of all living systems has been fixed during the course of evolution. Nowadays living organisms are meeting with numerous toxic chiral compounds produced bу chemical, pharmaceutical, and food industries that poses the new problem of chiral environmental safety for mankind.
Department of Biophysics
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