Proteins are made from amino acids. An amino acid has three parts that are joined to a central carbon atom. Identify the three parts that create an amino acid.

An amino acid has a central carbon attached to an amino group, a carboxyl group, and a variable side chain called the R group. A fatty acid is a different kind of molecule, and “C group” is not one of the standard parts of an amino acid.

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