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are all amino acids amines?

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Amino acids each have an amine and a carboxylic acid functionality. When they're hooked together in a polypeptide (protein), the peptide from is an amide bond.

They also each have a unique sidechain. A couple of these (glutamine and asparagine) have amides on this group.
 
that's nice


i'm guessing the reason diethylamine and triethylamine isn't found in plants is it's toxic nature of forming, it has something to do with ammonia and alcohol mixing right? ammonia is only in the air or water in trace amounts in nature, right? + alcohol is only formed when something ferments. Otherwise, only acetic acid is actually used by plants, not alcohols, right?
 
there's no specific reason?

no plant has ever been found that produces diethylamide, right?

must have been evolutionarily non reasonable

:? :?
 
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