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Amino acid

Amino acid Meaning & Definition
Amino acid Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Amino acid?

[n] organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group; "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Amino acid: aminoalkanoic acid

Related Terms | Find terms related to Amino acid: alanine | albuminoid | arginine | chromoprotein | dipeptide | glycine | glycoprotein | leucine | lipoprotein | lysine | methionine | nucleoprotein | peptide | phenylalanine | phosphoprotein | proteid | protein | protide | sarcosine | serine | threonine | valine

See Also | alanine | asparagine | aspartic acid | canavanine | citrulline | creatin | creatine | cysteine | cystine | dihydroxyphenylalanine | dopa | essential amino acid | GABA | gamma aminobutyric acid | glutamic acid | glutamine | glutaminic acid | glycine | hydroxyproline | iodoamino acid | organic compound | ornithine | proline | protein | sarcosine | serine | thyronine | tyramine | tyrosine

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