Glycine

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(CC) Image: David E. Volk  Structure of glycine, the smallest amino acid.
(CC) Image: David E. Volk
Structure of glycine, the smallest amino acid.

Glycine is the smallest of the twenty common amino acids used by living organisms to build proteins. The side chain, or residual group of glycine is a hydrogen atom. It is one of the non-polar amino acids.

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