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Q. Which is the 21st amino acid?

JIPMERJIPMER 2018Biomolecules

Solution:

Selenocysteine (Sec) and pyrrolysine (Pyl) are rare amino acids that are cotranslationally inserted into proteins and known as the 21st and 22nd amino acids in the genetic code.