Question

What are amino-acids?

Answer 1

Amino acids

• Those organic compounds that involve the existence of both amino $(–{\mathrm{NH}}_2)$ and carboxyl $(–\mathrm{COOH})$ functional groups are referred to as amino acids.
• The amino acids are classified as $\text{α}$,$\text{β}$, $\text{γ}$, and $\text{δ}$ and so on, based on the relative position of the amino group with regard to the carboxyl group.
• When proteins are hydrolyzed, only amino acids are produced.

Examples

• Glycine
• Lysine
• Valine