CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2000

  • question_answer
    Which amino acid is achiral?

    A)  Alanine               

    B)         Valine

    C)  Proline                

    D)         Histadine

    E)  Glycine

    Correct Answer: E

    Solution :

    With the exception of glycine, all other a-amino acids have chiral carbon atom therefore glycine is achiral a-amino acid. \[\underset{glycine}{\mathop{N{{H}_{2}}-\underset{\begin{smallmatrix}  | \\  H \end{smallmatrix}}{\overset{\begin{smallmatrix}  H \\  | \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{C}}}\,-COOH}}\,\]


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