what different atoms make up an amino acid?

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2007-11-15 11:38:47 · 4 answers · asked by laxlax14 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

Carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, and oxygen.

2007-11-15 11:41:14 · answer #1 · answered by Joe 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋

Amino acids have carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur.

2007-11-15 19:42:35 · answer #2 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

in addition to joe's answer, there are 20 amino acids, some of them contain sulpher also.

2007-11-15 19:42:25 · answer #3 · answered by curious2343 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

H2NCHRCOOH

Where "R" is an organic substitute.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amino_acids

2007-11-15 19:42:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋