ABSTRACT
Biopolymers are primarily composed of chiral subunits such as L-amino acids and Dcarbohydrates. Examples of these biopolymers include enzymes, receptors, and carrier proteins (e.g., albumin). These molecules can act as chiral binding agents due to their individual chiral subunits and secondary or tertiary structures. A biopolymer’s ability to discriminate between three-dimensional structures during enzyme-substrate or ligandreceptor interactions is a complicated but basic aspect of biological and pharmacological processes. The initial discovery of this process can be attributed to Louis Pasteur, who in 1858 reported that D-ammonium tartrate was more rapidly destroyed by the mold Penicillium glaucum than L-ammonium tartrate [1,2].
