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Read the given passage and answer the question  : Organic compounds containing amine as functional group are present in a vivid variety of compounds, namely amino acids, hormones, neurotransmitters, DNA, alkaloids, dyes, etc. Drugs including nicotine, morphine, codeine and heroin, etc. which have physiological effects on humans also contain amino group in one form or another. Amines are basic because of the presence of lone pair of electrons on nitrogen. Addition of nitrogen into an organic framework leads to the formation of two families of molecules, namely amines and amides. As chemistry students, we must appreciate the versatility of nitrogen. Give one point of difference between acidic and basic amino acid.
 

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Acidic amino acids- They have more number of carboxyl groups than amino groups. whereas

Basic amino acids- have more number of amino groups than carboxyl groups.

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