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Y_Kistochka [10]
3 years ago
15

What determines the unique characteristics of each amino acid?

Biology
1 answer:
scZoUnD [109]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

Each amino- acid contain carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen. All the amino- acids are mostly the same by structure because all contain a carbon atom in its center, an amine group, and a carboxyl group.

The unique characteristics that each amino acid has is determined by the R group(side chain) which is attached to its alpha carbon. The R group in each amino acid is different from others.  

The simplest amino acid is glycine which does not have any R group so it has a hydrogen atom in place of the R group. So side chain(R group) determines the unique characteristics of each amino acid.

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