alleryStart learning →What is the form of an amino acid bearing both positive and negative charges called?
AAnionic form
BCationic form
CIsomeric form
DZwitterionic form
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Zwitterionic form
Ionization of both the amino and carboxyl groups gives a dipolar ion known as the zwitterionic form.
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