Which letter corresponds to the answer? Its D-configuration plays a distinctive role as a signaling molecule in the brain. a. Glycine  b. Methionine c. proline d. serine

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Which letter corresponds to the answer?

Its D-configuration plays a distinctive role as a signaling molecule in the brain.

a. Glycine 

b. Methionine

c. proline

d. serine

 

Which of the following statements is true about amino acids?

a. All twenty (20) of these protein-derived amino acids are a-amino acids, meaning that the amino group is located on the carbon alpha to the carboxyl group.

b. For nineteen (19) of the twenty (20) amino acids, the a-amino group is primary. Glycine is different; its a-amino group is secondary.

c. With the exception of proline, the a-carbon of each amino acid is a chiral center. As shown in Table 27.1, all 19 chiral amino acids have the same relative

d. Both a & c

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