A-level Chemistry/OCR (Salters)/Amino acids
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α-Amino acids[edit]
The stereochemistry of an L-amino acid. All amino acids in nature are L-amino acids, except for bacterial cell walls and the odd w:en:cone snail or two.
The twenty protein-forming amino acids[edit]
Reactions of amino acids[edit]
Amino acids can undergo condensation reactions, forming polypeptides.