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They are one of the main groups of chemicals which the life on Earth uses.

The amino acids are the functional building blocks for every organism.When a specific number of them polymerize (the amino acids bond together), a protein with specific conformation is formed.Every protein has a different function (regulatory - hormones, catalytic - enzymes, structural e.t.c.).The whole life on Earth use proteins - from the viruses, through bacteria, fungi, animals, plants to the human beings and the whole life on Earth uses the same 20 amino acids for their construction.

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