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| Physical Characters and Index |
English name: Glycine
CAS number: 56-40-6
Molecular formula: C2H5NO2
Molecular weight: 75.07
EINECS no. : 200-272-2 |
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| Use and description |
| Glycine is an amino acid that has a single hydrogen atom as its side chain. It is the simplest stable amino acid (carbamic acid is unstable), with the chemical formula NH2‐CH2‐COOH. Glycine is one of the proteinogenic amino acids. It is encoded by all the codons starting with GG (GGU, GGC, GGA, GGG). Glycine is integral to the formation of alpha-helices in secondary protein structure due to its compact form. |
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