Biology A-Level
carboxyl and amine groups
What carboxyl and amine groups means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The backbone groups that are always joined, never the R groups, leaving a free amine group at one end and a free carboxyl group at the other.
Topics that use carboxyl and amine groups
- General properties of proteins (AQA A-Level)
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