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how does the number of hydrogen atoms compare to the number of oxygen atoms in each amino acid?

whats the difference between an amino acid molecule and a protein molecule?

2007-10-02 13:38:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Biology

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A single amino acid contains 2 oxygen atoms and 4 hydrogen atoms plus the number of H and O in the R group. The final total largely depends on the R group (there are 20 different kinds) that is present in the amino acid, and each R group may vary in the number of oxygen and hydrogen atoms present.

2007-10-02 13:45:27 · answer #1 · answered by homertorpedo 3 · 1 0

There are more hydrogens than oxygens.

An amino acid is a building block for proteins.
Each protein is made of amino acids put together in a folded chain.

2007-10-02 13:44:01 · answer #2 · answered by ecolink 7 · 1 0

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2016-11-07 02:35:37 · answer #3 · answered by datta 4 · 0 0

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