What are amino acids?

Answer 1

Amino acids are organic molecules that contain both a basic amino group and an acidic carboxyl group linked to an alpha carbon. The alpha-amino acids, in which the amino group is attached to the alpha carbon, are the building blocks of peptides and proteins. The amino acids are commonly classified either as a) neutral, basic, or acidic, or as b) nonpolar, polar and uncharged, or polar and charged; the presence or absence of a charge on the amino acids refers to that at pH 7.0

Answer 2

Protein is made up of long chains of building blocks called amino acids. these amino acids are made of elements carbon, oxygen, hydrogen , nitrogen and sometimes sulfur.

Answer 3

Amin acids are small molecules that make up protein.
amino acids are building blocks human body

Answer 4

Amino acids are biologically important organic compounds composed of amine (-NH 2) and carboxylic acid (-COOH) functional groups.

Answer 5

An alpha-amino acid is an amino acid which has the amino and carboxylic functional groups attached to the same carbon atom.

Answer 6

The general formula of these acids is H2NCHRCOOH where R is called "side chain", an organic substituent.