Non-essential amino acid group is?: (A) Acidic Amino Acid, (B) Branched chain amino Acid, (C) Basic Amino Acid, (D) Aromatic Amino Acid
Answer is A. All the Acidic amino acids (Aspaate, Glutamate) are non essential i.e. they can be synthesized from TCA intermediates. All the Basic amino acids (Arginine, Lysine, Histidine) are essential or semi-essential. All branched chain amino acids are essential. Most aromatic amino acids are essential.