[fletchdd02]

What element forms the skeleton of amino acids?

Why is it this element that does so?

Thanks, Dan

[-beads-]

Carbon - has 4 bonding pairs.

[93M]

Nitrogen and carbon

[fletchdd02]

(Original post by -beads-)
Carbon - has 4 bonding pairs.

Thanks a lot,
if nitrogen is so abundant why is it so hard to get into amino acids? and how is it done?

Thanks

[-beads-]

(Original post by fletchdd02)
Thanks a lot,
if nitrogen is so abundant why is it so hard to get into amino acids? and how is it done?

Thanks

Nitrogen is added as an amino group - NH2

Here's a very simplified diagram, the most you'll need for GCSE:

[Beska]

(Original post by -beads-)
Nitrogen is added as an amino group - NH2

Here's a very simplified diagram, the most you'll need for GCSE:

To be fair that is all I learnt for A2 biology and chemistry so I doubt they'd need to know that for GCSE.