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There are 22 amino acids that humans require for life. however, there are hundreds of different kinds of amino acids.

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Although there are a limited number of amino acids many different types of proteins exist because the?

sequence and number of amino acids is different


How many types of amino acids exist?

There are 22 "standard" amino acids, although many others exist


Amino acids can be distinguished from one another by?

Amino acids all have an amino group attached to them. There are 20 different amino groups, and therefore 20 different types of amino acids.


There are twenty different types of?

Amino Acids!


There are twenty different types of what?

Amino acids


Consequences of proteins containing different numbers and different types of amino acids?

As proteins contain different numbers and types of amino acids they are different shapes and have different affinities for water and lipids.


How are proteins distinguished from one another?

Different types of proteins are formed by the bonding of different types of amino acids. There are typically four types of amino acids that make up a protein.


What is the basic difference between the different types of amino acids A Presence of oxygen B Side chains C Types of bonds D Presence of nitrogen?

Different amino acids have different side chains.


How many monomers of proteins exist?

20


Instructions for assembling amino acids into proteins?

Proteins are made from amino acids, there are different types of proteins in our body ane the order of the amino acids determines the type of amino acid cus it sure helped me :)


What is the basic difference between the different types of amino acids?

Side chains


What is the theoretical number of chemically different dipeptides that may be assembled from 12 different types of amino acids?

the answer is C (144). The working is: 12^2 = 144. Here 12 is the no. of different amino acids and 2 is the no. of amino acids in the chain (its a dipeptide so, 2 amino acids).