Why do amino acids show amphoteric behavior?

Related questions

1. What do R groups represent?
2. What are the four types of R groups?
3. What is the role of amino acids?
4. How does a zwitterion form?
5. What is the role of an R group in an amino acid?
6. What is a zwitterion in relation to amino acids?
7. Why amino acids are amphoteric?
8. What is the effect of denaturation on the structure of proteins?
9. What determines the unique properties of each amino acid?
10. What is zwitterionic form of amino acid?

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15. #solutions
16. #examples