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Types of Amino Acids

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Choose the amino acid which has a sulfur group

A

Tryptophan

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B

Tyrosine

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C

Cysteine

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D

Aspargine

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Solution

The correct option is C
Cysteine

Shown here is the structure of all the amino acids mentioned here. As you can see cysteine is the amino acid with the sulfur group.

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