There are 20 standard amino acids that are commonly found in proteins. These amino acids can be classified based on various criteria, such as their essentiality, polarity, and side chain properties.

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Amino acids are small molecules that are the building blocks of proteins. Proteins serve as structural support inside the cell and they perform many vital chemical reactions. Each protein is a ...

(Image: National Human Genome Research Institute) (click on image to enlarge) The standard genetic code consists of 64 codons, each specifying one of the 20 amino acids or a stop signal. The codons ...