They are acids because they are electron donors in a chemical bonding. The "amino" part of the name stems from the fact that they all have an amine group ( -NH2 ) at one end.Amino acids are called...
The amine (amino) part of an amino acid is the H2N- at the end of the molecule. Amino acids have an acidic part with is -COOH. These parts are the same for all amino acids. They also have a variable...