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An example of a sulphur containing amino acid is

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Lysine
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Serine
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Cysteine
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Tyrosine
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Solution

The correct option is C Cysteine
Option (c)



You can clearly see that cysteine is the only amino acid from the options given which contains a sulphur in its structure. You can remember this by going back to the video of the secondary structure of proteins where we talka about the Disulphide linkages which gives shape to the protein sheets.

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