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The basic building unit of protein is:

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polypeptide
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amino acids
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amines
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carboxylic acids
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Solution

The correct option is A amino acids

The basic structural unit of protein is an amino acid. For the formation of proteins, amino acids, combined in long chains. There are 20 different amino acids out of which nine of them are essential. Our body cannot manufacture them.


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