L Ribose

timojin · Nov 10, 2015

Will ATP be formed with L Ribose ?

exchemist · Nov 10, 2015

timojin said:
Will ATP be formed with L Ribose ?

Apparently not: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24846739

timojin · Nov 11, 2015

exchemist said:
Apparently not: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24846739

Interesting nature produces only D Ribose and D Ribose is essential for life , without it there is no RNA therefore no life

exchemist · Nov 11, 2015

timojin said:
Interesting nature produces only D Ribose and D Ribose is essential for life , without it there is no RNA therefore no life

Yes, life appears to require chirality. I've never explored exactly why, but I presume the 3D shapes of biomolecules need to be sufficiently specific that dependence on chirality is the outcome.