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Ball-and-stick illustration of an L-amino acid (L-alanine) with -COOH, -NH2 and -R groups arranged clockwise around the carbon chiral center when viewing with -H away from the center. Carbon atoms (grey), nitrogen (blue), hydrogen (white), and oxygen (red). The D-amino acid has the counterclockwise arrangement around the chiral center.
