Concept explainers
(a)
Interpretation:
Amino acid and structure of
Concept introduction:
Many amino acids are linked together through amide bonds to form a biologically large molecule known to be proteins.
Amino acid had both amino
Amino functional group is
Each amino acid can be represented by both three letter short hand code as well as one letter code.
(b)
Interpretation:
Amino acid and structure of
Concept introduction:
Many amino acids are linked together through amide bonds to form a biologically large molecule known to be proteins.
Amino acid had both amino functional group and carboxyl functional group in a molecule.
Amino functional group is
Each amino acid can be represented by both three letter short hand code as well as one letter code.
(c)
Interpretation:
Amino acid and structure of
Concept introduction:
Many amino acids are linked together through amide bonds to form a biologically large molecule known to be proteins.
Amino acid had both amino functional group and carboxyl functional group in a molecule.
Amino functional group is
Each amino acid can be represented by both three letter short hand code as well as one letter code.
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