{"id":1030,"date":"2022-07-06T16:24:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T10:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microbenotes.com\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2023-01-09T23:02:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T17:17:18","slug":"amino-acids-properties-structure-classification-and-functions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microbenotes.com\/amino-acids-properties-structure-classification-and-functions\/","title":{"rendered":"Amino Acids- Properties, Structure, Classification, Functions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Amino acids constitute a group of neutral products clearly distinguished from other natural compounds chemically, mainly because of their ampholytic properties, and biochemically, mainly because of their role as protein constituents. <\/span>An amino acid is a carboxylic acid-containing an aliphatic primary amino group in the \u03b1 position to the carboxyl group and with a characteristic stereochemistry. <\/span>Proteins<\/strong><\/a> are biosynthesized from 20 amino acids in a system involving strict genetic control. Thus, amino acids are the basic unit of proteins. <\/span>More than 300 amino acids are found in nature but only 20 amino acids are standard and present in protein because they are coded by genes. Other amino acids are modified amino acids and are called non-protein amino acids. <\/span>Some are residues modified after a protein has been synthesized by posttranslational modifications; others are amino acids present in living organisms but not as constituents of proteins.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure: Amino Acids Back Bone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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