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What are the basic units of protein marcromolcules

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Proteins are polymers. The monomer of ANY protein is always an amino acid.

Amino Acids

Amino acids have a central atom of Carbon, which is covalently bonded with an amine group (NH2), Hydrogen, Carboxyl group (COOH), and the R-Group, which there are 20 kinds and form 20 various kinds of Amino acids.

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