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1)

The total number of distinct naturally occurring amino acids obtained by complete  acidic hydrolysis of the peptide shown below is

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A) 1

B) 0

C) 2

D) 3

Answer:

Option A

Explanation:

Plan  This problem can be solved by performing hydrolysis of peptide and deciding the nature of the product.

 Chemical reaction  and product formed after hydrolysis of given peptide  can be  represented as

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  (A)  is glycine which is only naturally occurring amino acid. while (B),(C) and (D)  are not the naturally occurring amino acids Hence, correct integer is (1)