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Question

Amino acids are produced from

Options

A.proteins
B.fatty acids
C.essential oils
D.α - keto acids

Solution

Amino acids are smallest structural units of proteins. Plants some micro -organisms can synthesize these amino acids from inorganic nitrogen / α -keto acids by reductive amination and transamination. Amino acids bearing a carboxyl group, possess an amino froup attached to α - carbon, hence, called as α - amino acids.

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