CAll amino acids except glycine are optically active
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With the exception of glycine all the $19$ other common amino acids have a uniquely different functional group on the central tetrahedral alpha carbon
$\mathop {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}
{H\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,}\\
{\,\,\,|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,}\\
{H - C - COOH}\\
{\,\,|\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,}\\
{\,N{H_2}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,}
\end{array}}\limits_{{\rm{Glycine}}} $