amino acid
Noun
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Noun
amino acid (plural amino acids)
- (organic chemistry) Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group.
- (biochemistry) Any of the twenty naturally occurring α-amino acids (having the amino, and carboxylic acid groups on the same carbon atom), and a variety of side chains, that combine, via peptide bonds, to form proteins.
- French: acide aminé
- German: Aminosäure
- Italian: amminoacido
- Portuguese: aminoácido
- Russian: аминокислота́
- Spanish: aminoácido
- French: acide aminé
- German: Aminosäure
- Italian: amminoacido
- Portuguese: aminoácido
- Spanish: aminoácido
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