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Do all mammals produce the same amino-acids?

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All mammals can utilise the 20 common amino acids for building proteins, but not necessarily do all mammals can produce all amino acids themselves. For example in humans, there are essential and nonessential amino acids. Essential amino acids are amino acids that cannot be produced by the body, it has to come from food. read more

Amino acids are the building blocks or proteins found in all living organisms. They contain an amine group and a carboxyl group, which gives them near names amino acids. This also allows them to be put together through dehydration synthesis to form peptides and proteins. read more

The other eight, called the essential amino acids, cannot be made by the body and must be obtained from the diet. Proteins from animal sources—meat, eggs, milk, cheese—contain all the essential amino acids. Except for soybeans, vegetable proteins do not have all the essential amino acids. read more

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