BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

BIOLOGY

PROTEINS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Of the ____ amino acids ____ are essential to your body for growth and development.
A
9 / 20
B
6 / 12
C
20 / 6
D
20 / 9
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Your body needs 20 different amino acids to grow and function properly. While all 20 of these are important for your health, only 9 are classified as essential ( 1 ). These are histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine.

Detailed explanation-2: -The 9 essential amino acids are: histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nine amino acids-histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine-are not synthesized by mammals and are therefore dietarily essential or indispensable nutrients.

Detailed explanation-4: -As is popularly known, different amino acids are the main components that makes up proteins. Amino acids constitute a distinctive part of human body and diet. They are immensely vital for human body to properly function; hence it is important to understand how many amino acids compose proteins.

Detailed explanation-5: -For synthesis of new muscle protein, all the EAAs, along with the eleven non-essential amino acids (NEAAs) that can be produced in the body, must be present in adequate amounts. The branched-chain amino acids leucine, isoleucine and valine are three of the nine EAAs.

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