Type of amino acids obtained by hydrolysis of proteins is :

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Type of amino acids obtained by hydrolysis of proteins is :, β, α, δ, γ

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Proteins are natural polymers composed of $α$ -amino acids which are connected by peptide linkages.

The smallest unit to which the protein can be broken down is called amino acids. The $α$ -amino acids are the amino acids whose one carbon contains both the amino group $({NH}_{2})$ and the carboxyl group $(COOH)$ . This type of carbon is called $α$ -carbon. Thus, the amino acid that contains an $α$ -carbon is called an $α$ -amino acid.

Proteins upon acidic hydrolysis produce $α$ -amino acids.

Hence, the answer is option B.

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