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ptpu
16y ago
Note though, this would be really hard to evolve. As an analogy, the photosynthetic center RuBisCO is fairly wasteful, so any organism that can improve on RuBisCO would have a huge advantage. Only problem is RuBisCO is not easily evolv
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ptpu
16y ago
Yes, there are many ways to make isomers--it is done commonly in the pharmaceutical industry. Can be done directly via synthesis, or a racemic mix can be separated by physical processes such as crystalization or enzymatically. Most enzy