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All textbooksKlug 12th EditionCh. 19 - EpigeneticsProblem 23

Chapter 18, Problem 23

Amino acids are classified as positively charged, negatively charged, or electrically neutral.

How does this property of lysine allow it to interact with DNA?

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Hello everyone and welcome to today's video. So the amino acid license interacts with D. N. A. Because of and so we're giving certain types of interactions that could be promoting this. Now remember that the side chain of license is going to be basic now because the side chain of license is basic and D. N. A. Has a negative charge is going to be able to interact with the false faith groups in the DNA molecule stabilizing it. And this is the nature of the interaction of license with the DNA molecule with the side chain of DNA. Now because of this, the basic nature of licensing is what it's going to be promoting the interaction of license and the DNA molecule. So the correct answer choice here is going to be answer choice. C. I really hope this video helped you and I hope to see you on the next one.
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