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Which one of the following was the first amino acid to be discovered?
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Amino Acids, Peptides, & Proteins
- Discovery of Asparagine (1806): Asparagine was the very first amino acid isolated and identified, discovered in 1806 by French chemists Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin and Pierre Jean Robiquet from the juice of asparagus seedlings (Asparagus officinalis).
- Chronology of Other Amino Acids: Glycine was isolated from gelatin in 1820; leucine in 1820; alanine was synthesized in 1850; threonine was the last of the standard 20 amino acids to be discovered (by William Cumming Rose in 1935).
Correct option: (4) Asparagine
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