Chapter 14 Biomolecules, Class 12 Chemistry Chapter 14 Biomolecular, Chemistry Class 12 | Page 12

Essential and Non-essential Amino Acids

Human body can synthesise ten amino acids , called non-essential amino acids . The remaining ten amino acids required for protein synthesis are not synthesised by body and are called essential amino acids . They are

Nomenclature

They are known by their common names and abbreviated by first three letters of their common names e . g ., glycine as „ gly ‟ and alanine a as „ ala ‟.