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Amino Acids, Peptides, and p『oteins 1. Absolute Configuration of Citrulline The citrulline isolated from watermelons has the structure shown below. Is it a D- or L-amino acid? Explain. CH2(CH心NH— C—NH2 i II H--9--内凡 O coo- Answer Rotating the structural representation by 180° in the plane of the page puts the most highly oxidized group—the carboxyl group—at the top, in the same position as the —CHO group of glyceraldehyde in Figure 5—4. In this orientation, the amino group is on the left and thus the absolute configuration of the citrulline is L. i ; 5, i 丿 ． _ .