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Amino acid which lacks chirality:

A
Lysine
B
Leucine
C
Histidine
D
Glycine
High-Yield Explanation
All amino acids except glycine have four different groups attached to the alpha carbon. As a result, all amino acids have at least one asymmetric center (the alpha carbon). We call a compound with such an arrangement 'chiral. ' The two chiral forms of amino acids are called 'D' and 'L'. The general formula for an amino acid is:

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