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Glycine, or aminoethanoic acid is the only amino acid that is not optically active as it does not contain a chiral carbon.

C2H5NO2

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An optically inactive amino acid is?

Glycine


What is the Name of non optically active amino acids?

Glycine is the only non-optically active naturally occurring amino acid, due to it having no asymmetric centers. You may want to also check on Proline.


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What amino acid is technically not an amino acid?

proline is not an amino acid it is an imino acid


Each codon calls for a specific?

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How does the process of translation convert information?

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What is a beta-amino acid?

A beta-amino acid is an amino acid which has the amino and carboxylic functional groups attached to adjacent carbon atoms.


Is phosphoric acid an amino acid?

Nope. To my knowledge there are only two acidic amino acids: Aspartic acid and glutamic acid.


What is glycogenic amino acid?

Glycogenic amino acid is an amino acid that can be converted into glycogen bodies throught glycogenesis


Can tryosine is a aliphatic amino acid?

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How do you use amino acid in a sentence?

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