There is also early evidence suggesting that amino acids may also exist in the space between stars.

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But it is the first time an amino acid has been discovered on a comet.

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The chemicals form when amino acids react with creatine, a chemical found in muscles.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

Amino acids have already been found in space rocks called meteorites.

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Glycine is one of the common amino acids.

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"Using x-ray crystallography to obtain snapshots of the ribosome in action, they have been able to explain how the ribosome selects and couples together amino acids to form proteins."

VOA: standard.2009.10.07