Question

Amino-acids are distinguishable from each other only by one or two atoms in their structure.

(a) True

(b) False

I had been asked this question in a national level competition.

My question comes from Amino-Acid Analysers in chapter Chromatography of Analytical Instrumentation

Answer 1

Right choice is (a) True

To elaborate: Amino-acids are distinguishable from each other only by one or two atoms in their structure. They are components of all proteins and are essential for growth of organisms.