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by throwawaymaths 550 days ago
it is possible to have mixed chirality in syntheic proteins. (see michael weiss work investigating insulin receptor binding to insulin)

its basically impossible (but not totally impossible) for a living creature to be able to generate any protein with mixed chiralities.

this is because a ribosome with a chamber that can support both chiralities is likely to be less efficient at protein extension. but also you need so much more trna if you want to support arbitrary d-amino acids, etc.