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The building blocks of proteins are called?

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The building blocks of proteins are called amino acids.
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The building blocks of proteins are amino acids, which are small organic molecules that consist of an alpha (central) carbon atom linked to an amino group, a carboxyl group, a hydrogen atom, and a variable component called a side chain (see below). ... The largest group of amino acids have nonpolar side chains.

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