Origin of biological homochirality
Why does life use only one mirror-image form of its amino acids and sugars?
Summary
Living things build proteins almost only from left-handed amino acids and use right-handed sugars, while non-living chemistry usually yields both forms equally; how this single handedness arose is unknown.
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Open, as listed by Wikipedia · Unsolved problems in chemistry. Checked 29 Sep 2026.
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