Types
Amino acids can be characterized according to:
- the physical nature of the R group in the general formula NH2-CHR-COOH:
- aliphatic amino acids
- aromatic amino acids
- sulphur-containing amino acids
- hydroxylated amino acids
- hydrophilic amino acids
- whether the amino acid is essential or non-essential
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