What is amino acid??

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Yogita Ingle 5 years, 8 months ago
Amino Acids are the organic compounds which combine to form proteins, hence they are referred to as the building components of proteins. These biomolecules are involved in several biological and chemical functions in a human body and are the necessary ingredients for the growth and development of human beings. There are about 300 amino acids which occur in nature.
Amino acids contain the basic amino groups (-NH2) and carboxyl groups (-COOH). The ingredients present in proteins are of amino acids. Both peptides and proteins are the long chains of amino acids. Altogether, there are twenty amino acids, which are involved in the construction of proteins.
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