MCSs also serve as interfaces for the transfer of ions (Ca+2 ) and small molecules (glycerophospholipids) between the ER and mitochondria.

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For monosaccharides with two or more asymmetric carbons, the prefix d or l refers to the configuration of the highest numbered asymmetric carbon (the asymmetric carbon farthest from the carbonyl carbon).

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Stereoisomers that are mirror images of each other are called enantiomers

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Isomers that have opposite configurations at one or more of the chiral centers but that are not mirror images of each other are called diastereomers

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Two sugars that differ in configuration at only one chiral center are described as epimers.

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d-mannose and d-talose are epimers and d-glucose and d-mannose are epimers, whereas d-glucose and d-talose are not epimers but merely diastereomers