DL-glutamic acid
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DL-glutamic acid is a chemical compound that exists in two mirror-image forms and functions as a building block for proteins and as a messenger in the brain. It matters because glutamic acid plays important roles in how nerve cells communicate and in constructing the proteins that living things need to function.
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IUPAC name Glutamic acid
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