Assertion: amino acid | /r/MadeOf | alpha carbon atom
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text: An amino acid consists of an alpha carbon atom attached to an amino group, –NH 2 , a carboxylic acid group, –COOH (although these exist as –NH 3 + and –COO− under physiologic conditions), a simple hydrogen atom, and a side chain commonly denoted as "–R".