MHT CET 2025 Chemistry question

Identify acidic amino acid from following list represented by three letter symbols.

(A)Arg
(B)Lys
(C)Met
(D)AspCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

Acidic amino acids have an extra carboxyl group in the side chain, so they contain more -COOH than -NH2 groups. Asp is aspartic acid, HOOC-CH_2-CH(NH_2)-COOH, which is

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