Histidine is a hydrophilic amino acid in which the R group in the general formula NH2-HCR-COOH is -CH2-C=CH-NH-CH=NH where the terminal nitrogen atom forms a bond with the second carbon atom.
Histidine is a precursor of histamine.
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