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Every amino acid contains which two functional groups |
Carboxyl and Amino |
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The term which indicates that a substance can be both an acid and a base is |
Amphoteric |
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The term which indicates that a substance has both a positive and a negative charge is |
Zwitterion |
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The enantiomer of the amino acids which is found to be naturally occurring is the |
L |
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The only amino acid which does not possess a chiral carbon atom is |
Glycine |
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The four classes of amino acids are |
Nonpolar, Polar, Acidic/Negatively charged and Basic/Positively charged |
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The amino acid, lysine, is classified as a |
Charged; Basic/Positively charged amino acid |
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The net charge on the amino acid, lysine, at physiological pH is |
+1 |