Question

Assertion :The amino acid glycine comes under the category of non-essential amino acids. Reason: This is due to the fact that it cannot be synthesised in the body.

• A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.
• B. Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.
• C. Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
• D. Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect.

Answer 1

The correct option is C Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.

The essential amino acids, which are also referred to as indispensable, are the ones you must get through the foods you eat because your body can’t make them. Nine out of the 20 amino acids are essential, but adults only need to obtain eight of them: valine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine and tryptophan. The ninth amino acid -- histidine -- is only essential for infants.

Nonessential is a slightly misleading label because these amino acids actually fill essential roles, but since they’re synthesized by your body, they’re not an essential part of your diet. The list of conditional amino acids includes arginine, glutamine, tyrosine, cysteine, glycine, proline, serine and ornithine. The remaining three -- alanine, asparagine and aspartate -- are nonessential.

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.