Question

Differentiate between acidic and basic amino acids

Answer 1

Answer:

Acidic amino acids have an acidic group in side chain while basic amino acids have some basic group in side chain. - Acidic amino acids have low pKa while basic amino acids have high pKa. ... - Aspartate, glutamate are acidic while lusine, arginine, ornithine are basic amino acids

Answer 2

Answer:

The main difference between acidic and basic amino acids is that the acidic amino acids contain acidic side chains at the neutral pH whereas the basic amino acids contain basic side chains at the neutral pH. Furthermore, the side chain of the acidic amino acid contains carboxylic acid groups while the side chain of the basic amino acids contains amino groups. 

Acidic, basic, and neutral amino acids are the three types of amino acids characterized based on their polarity of the side chain or the organic R group. Generally, an amino acid contains an amino group (-NH2), carboxylic group (-COOH), an organic R group, and a hydrogen atom attached to a central carbon atom.