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Conditional amino acids

D-serine

A right-handed amino acid, which biology is not supposed to use — and it is the co-agonist the NMDA receptor requires alongside glutamate.

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A right-handed amino acid, which biology is not supposed to use — and it is the co-agonist the NMDA receptor requires alongside glutamate.

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