Virtually all of the amino acids found in proteins have the stereochemistry shown in the general figure above, and are referred to as L-amino acids ('L' stand for levorotary, the property of rotating ...Virtually all of the amino acids found in proteins have the stereochemistry shown in the general figure above, and are referred to as L-amino acids ('L' stand for levorotary, the property of rotating plane polarized light in a counter-clockwise direction).
