which two functional groups are always found in amino acids?
Because all amino acids contain amine and carboxylic acid functional groups, they share amphiprotic properties. Below pH 2.2, the predominant form will have a neutral carboxylic acid group and a positive Î±-ammonium ion (net charge +1), and above pH 9.4, a negative carboxylate and neutral Î±-amino group (net charge â1).