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What are essential amino acids ? Name any one of them? What happens when amino acid is polymerized?

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Amino acids which the body cannot synthesise and should be added in diet are called essential amino acids. One important example of essential amino acids is valine.

On polymerization, amino acids yield peptide, polypeptide and finally proteins.
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