A Brief Introduction of Amino Acids – The Building Blocks of Proteins
Amino acids are an important group of compounds that all contain the amino group (-NH2) and carboxylic acid group (-COOH). One type of amino acid has the -NH2 group bonded to the C atom next to -COOH group. These 2-amino-carboxylic acids are the building blocks that make up proteins. The general structural formula of 2-amino-carboxylic […]
