
Organic Chemistry
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Author: John E. McMurry
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 26.1, Problem 2P
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Interpretation:
The reason why cysteine has R configuration while all the others have S configuration.
Concept introduction:
Except glycine, all the other 19 amino acids have chiral centers and hence can occur as two enantiomers. But the naturally occurring enantiomers resemble the L sugars, i.e. placing the CO2- group at the top and pointing the side chain downwards and the NH3 group on the left. These usually have S configuration, which is dependent on the priority of the attached molecules. But this is not the case for cysteine as it has R configuration.
To determine:
Why cysteine is the L amino amino acid that occurs in R configuration naturally?
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