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2 years ago

What gives an amino acid its unique identity?What gives an amino acid its unique identity?

Chemistry

1 answer:

Salsk061 [2.6K]2 years ago

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The unique identity of amino acid is that each amino acid is bonded to each central atom known as R-group.

Explanation:

Amino acids are nothing but a basic structure which has a central atom called the "alpha carbon atom". This $\alpha$ carbon atom is bonded to an "amino group" ( $NH_{2}$ ), a "carboxyl group" (COOH) or a "hydrogen atom".

There are totally "20 types" of amino acids having a central atom bonded from the R-group. For example: When the R-group is hydrogen, then the amino acid is named glycine. Similarly, if it is attached to methyl group, then the amino acid is alanine. This makes the amino acids unique.

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where h is plancks constant, p is momentum which is equal to mass times velocity.

We have all the data required to calculate the wavelength, but first we will have to convert the velocity to m/s, and the mass to kilograms to work in metric system.

v = 19.8 mi/h x ( 1609.34 m/s ) x ( 1 h / 3600 s ) = 8.85 m/s

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Again to utilize this equation we will have to convert the uncertainty in velocity to m/s for unit consistency.

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