2007-01-30 17:07:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The number of amino acids occurring in nature is 20
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2007-01-30 17:11:32 · answer #1 · answered by shanker 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
There are 20 amino acids in proteins. There are hundreds of non-protein amino acids occuring in nature.
These are the ones that form proteins:
http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/chemistry/bio/amino-acids_en.html
2007-01-31 01:49:10 · answer #2 · answered by GatorGal 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
20 amino acids
2007-01-31 04:45:57 · answer #3 · answered by amrita 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well the amino acids occuring in nature are 100s no one knows the exact answer to tht...
the amino acids tht make up our body protiens are only 20...
2007-01-31 02:40:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Despite the common claims of 20, there are actually 21 (selenocysteine) genetically encoded amino acids in eukaryotes, and a 22nd in archaea (pyrrolysine)
2007-01-31 03:31:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
20..
2007-01-31 02:38:55 · answer #6 · answered by sarabear318 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋