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In the structure of histidine,
  1.the side chain is acidic.
  2.both of the nitrogens in the ring structure are basic.
  3.one nitrogen in the ring structure is acidic and one is basic.
  4.there is one basic nitrogen in the imidazole ring.
  5.there is no carboxyl group.

Question 2

The amino acid shown below is which of the following:
 
Question 3

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  1.histidine
  2.lysine
  3.aspartic acid
  4.glycine
  5.none of these"

Question 4

All of the following amino acids are primary amines except:
  1.proline
  2.thyroxine
  3.glutamic acid
  4.lysine
  5.glycine



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Reply 2 on: Aug 23, 2018
Wow, this really help


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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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