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Lesson: Chapter 1 — The Chemical Basis of Life

1.2. Proteins 6 of 12

Question 6

Which is the simplest amino acid, and what makes it so?

The right answer is the one marked above.

Glycine. In glycine alone, the R group is nothing more than a hydrogen atom — the smallest thing that can sit in that position.

Keratin, albumin and haemoglobin are not amino acids at all. They are proteins — long chains built from amino acids.

Answer the question to continue.