asked 78.3k views
5 votes
Give an example that illustrates the importance of chirality in a named biological molecule.​

asked
User Zidane
by
8.3k points

1 Answer

6 votes

Answer:

Chirality is a particularly important concept in biology, because cells are mostly composed of chiral molecules. Small chiral molecules such as amino acids and sugars (figure 1, top) are the building blocks of larger molecules, such as proteins and nucleic acids, which are also chiral

answered
User Haris Hamdani
by
8.7k points
Welcome to Qamnty — a place to ask, share, and grow together. Join our community and get real answers from real people.