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Which proteinogenic amino acid has no stereogenic alpha carbon?
AAlanine
BSerine
CProline
DGlycine
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Glycine
Glycine's side chain is just hydrogen, so its alpha carbon carries two identical groups and is achiral.
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