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Proteins/write structural formual & determine acidic/basic/neutral

Alanine has an R-group structure of CH3, cysteine has an R-group structure of HS-CH2, and aspartic acid has an R-group structure of HOOC-CH2

Write out the structural formula for this tripeptide, asp-ala-cys

Is the tripeptide basic, acidic, or neutral?  How can you tell?

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