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Standard XII
Biology
Essential and Non-Essential Amino Acids
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What are uncommon amino acids?
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Uncommon amino acids:
Amino acids are building blocks of proteins.
Amino acids have amino groups and carboxyl groups.
There are twenty essential amino acids in total.
Non-essential amino acids are synthesized in our bodies. Example: Alanine, asparagine, arginine, amino acid, and glutamic acid.
Hydroxyproline and hydroxylysine are uncommon amino acids.
These are found in the collagen protein.
Collagen is a fibrous protein composed of three polypeptides.
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